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1974 Photo Contest, Spot News, Singles, 3rd prize
Photographer

Fred Schoellhorn

19 October, 1973

Gustav Heinemann, President of West Germany, is attacked by a mentally unstable man during a meeting with business leaders. He was not seriously injured.

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