Ponto (* 17 December 1923 in bath Nauheim; " murdered 30 July 1977 in Oberursel) was executive committee speaker of the Dresdens bank AG.
Ponto, son from a Hamburg buyer family, became after the study of the jurisprudence at the age of 36 years house lawyer of the Dresdens bank. With 43 years it became the chairman of the board and thus - speakers of the bank appoint, where it was interested primarily in a development of the international business relations of the house. Additionally Ponto functioned as an advisor of the Federal Chancellor at that time Helmut Schmidt. Its outstanding position in the German bank landscape together with numerous prominent post in the economy moved it soon into the visor of the Red Army parliamentary group (RAF).
On 29 July 1977 Susanne Albrecht, announced itself the daughter of a friendly married couple for the next day to an attendance in the house of the Pontos in Oberursel. On Saturday, 30 July, it appeared against 17.10 o'clock in company of two unknown quantities of men. During the first dispute it became very fast clear that it concerned the attempt of a kidnapping Pontos by the RAF. It came to a hand mixture, in whose consequence five shots on Ponto were delivered. The terrorists fled. Ponto succumbed itself a little later in the university clinic Frankfurt its Verletzungen.Die "liberation movement" action of red ones morning well-known on the next day to the act. As authors Susanne Albrecht, Brigitte poppy head, Christian clear and Peter Boock were determined.
Pontos murder represented the prelude of the German autumn.
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