Aldi co-founder Theo Albrecht, who was kidnapped by two men in 1971. The two men behind one of Germany's most high-profile kidnappings have both died, taking to the grave the question of what happened to missing millions in ransom money. Germany's Bild daily reported on Wednesday that, with the men's recent deaths, a chapter had closed on the 1971 abduction of Theo Albrecht, a billionaire co-founder of discount supermarket chain Aldi. Regarding the ransom, Kron claimed Ollenburg, the brains behind the abduction, had only given him several thousand deutschmarks. Kron, then living on a meagre state pension, had told the daily about the missing cash: "Honestly, I don't know.

Source: The Local March 08, 2017 15:22 UTC