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Note: This article refers to the fictional German Freedom Front agent and airline hijacker from The Man With the Iron Heart. For the historical German politician by the same first name from the same novel, see Konrad Adenauer.

Konrad
Fictional Character
The Man With the Iron Heart
POD: May 29, 1942;
Relevant POD: May, 1945
Type of Appearance: Direct POV (one scene)
Nationality: Germany
Date of Birth: 20th century
Occupation: Terrorist
Military Branch: German Freedom Front

Konrad was a German Freedom Front operative. In late 1947, after the death of Reinhard Heydrich, Konrad and GFF agents Max, Arnold and Hermann seized a TWA airliner on a flight from Amsterdam to New York City. They forced the plane to Madrid. They also demanded all prisoners in American custody be released. When the Americans did not act quickly, they killed one of the passengers, David Levinsky, the only Jew aboard the plane.

The group eventually set fire to the plane when their demands weren't met, and surrendered to Spanish custody. The U.S., Britain and France all demanded that they be turned over.

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