Pedzisa mutsara unotevera:
akabiwa musi wa5 Gunyana 1977 neboka reRed Army Faction ("Rote Armee Fraktion", RAF) uye akazourayiwa; mutyairi wake nemapurisa aiperekedza mapurisa matatu vakaurayiwawo apo motokari yake yakavharirwa. Hurumende yeGermany yakasarudza kuti zvakanga zviri kufarira nyika kusaita nhaurirano nemagandanga. Kubatwa nokuurawa kwacho kunowanzoonekwa sokuguma kwebasa reRAF muna 1977, rinozivikanwa seGermany Autumn. Mushure mekufa kwake Schleyer akakudzwa zvakanyanya kuGerman; iyo Hanns Martin Schleyer Prize, iyo Hanns Martin Schleyer Foundation uye iyo Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle yakatumidzwa mukuremekedza kwake. Muna 2017 Mutungamiri weGermany Frank-Walter Steinmeier nehurumende yeGermany vakapemberera makore 40 okubatwa kwacho.