Rotter kidnapping

Rotter kidnappings
From left - Fritz, Richard Tauber, Alfred Rotter and his wife Gertrud, pictured in July 1931
Location	Gaflei, Liechtenstein
Date	5 April 1933; 91 years ago (1933-04-05)
Attack type	Kidnapping
Victim	Fritz Rotter [de] Alfred Rotter [de] † Gertrud Rotter † Julie Wolff
Perpetrators	Rudolf Schädler [de] Franz Roeckle [de] Peter Rheinbeger Eugen Frommelt 5 unknown German nationals
Motive	Nazism
Verdict	Pleaded guilty
Convictions	Between three months and one year in prison

The Rotter kidnapping (German: Rotter-Entführung) was a failed organized kidnapping in Liechtenstein of Fritz Rotter [de] and Alfred Rotter [de], German film directors and theatre managers of Jewish background, by Liechtenstein citizens sympathetic to Nazi Germany. The attack was additionally supported by five German nationals within the country.