Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I kidnapped ia
i te 5 o Mahuru 1977 e te taha maui o Red Army Faction ("Rote Armee Fraktion", RAF) a muri iho ka kohurutia; ko tana taraiwa me te pirihimana pirihimana o nga pirihimana e toru i kohurutia i te wa i whakaekehia ai tana motuka. I whakatauhia e te kāwanatanga Tiamana he mea pai ki te motu kia kaua e whakawhitiwhiti kōrero ki ngā kaiwhakatuma. Ko te kidnapping me te kohuru e kitea nuitia ana ko te tihi o te pakanga RAF i te 1977, e mohiotia ana ko te German Autumn. Whai muri i tona matenga kua whakahonoretia a Schleyer i Tiamana; ko te Hanns Martin Schleyer Prize, te Hanns Martin Schleyer Foundation me te Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle i tapaina ki a ia. I te tau 2017 ko te Perehitini o Tiamana a Frank-Walter Steinmeier me te kawanatanga o Tiamana i whakanui i te 40 tau o te tangohanga.