Herrhausen: The Banker and The Bomb

Alfred Herrhausen has a radical vision: an unprecedented debt relief program for the poorest countries. The plan ignites the hatred of the Red Army Faction as well as the CIA.

Herrhausen's first attempts to strike a deal with the USSR fail. However, when Black Monday leads to economic chaos in the US and the world, he initiates a new approach with Moscow.

The loan to Gorbachev put Herrhausen number one in global finance and at the top of the hit lists of the CIA, KGB and RAF.

Herrhausen believed that trade with the Soviet Union would ensure lasting peace in Europe and make Deutsche Bank a new economic power. The final preparations for the assassination are complete.