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Albrecht, Susanne
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Baader Meinhof Group
History of Germany  

              


1977
Albrecht, Susanne   Assassination
28th April Oberursel   Jrgen Ponto, Head of Dresdner Bank, is shot and killed in front of his house in Oberursel in a kidnapping that went wrong, those involved are Brigitte Mohnhaupt, Christian Klar, and Susanne Albrecht, the last bei
1968
Baader, Andraes   Arrest
  The leader of a "Red Army faction", arrested & forcibly released by a Meinhof campaign
4th April Berlin   The leader of a "Red Army faction", arrested
14th May Berlin   Meinhof & Mahler shoot their way into the Social Affairs Institute & release Baader
June   The leaders are arrested, after 6 murders, 50 attempted murders & numerous bank raids
  Baader is arrested
1970
Baader, Andraes   Baader Meinhof
14th May Berlin   Foundation of the Baader-Meinhof Group
1943
Baader, Andraes   Birth
  Birth of Andreas Baader
1969
Baader, Andraes   Bombing of Berlin
12th Dec Berlin   The Baader-Meinhog bomb Berlin
1972
Baader, Andraes   Bombing of Frankfurt
11th May Frankfurt   The Baader-Meinhof bomb a USAArmy base in Frankfurt killing 1 & injuring 14
1977
Baader, Andraes   Death
20th Oct Stammheim   Death of Andreas Baader, suicide in gaol
1968
Baader, Andraes   Frankfurt Arson
2nd April Frankfurt   A group of terrorists set fire to a Frankfurt store in protest against consumerism
1977
Baader, Andraes   Hostages
Mogadishu   An attempt to free Baader fails when commandoes free hostages at Mogadishu
1970
Baader, Andraes   PLO
  Baader, Ensslin, Mahler, and Meinhof go to Jordan where they train for guerrilla warfare with the PLO
1968
Baader, Andraes   Red Army Faction
  One of the founders of the Red Army Faction in protest against the consumer society
  Begining of the "anti-imperialistic fight", with bank robberies to raise money and explosives, and arson attacks against U.S. military facilities, German police stations, and buildings of the Axel Springer press empire
  The Red Army Faction is founded by Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, Horst Mahler, Ulrike Meinhof, Irmgard M”ller and others
June   After an intense manhunt, Baader, Ensslin, Meinhof, Holger Meins, and Jan-Carl Raspe are arrested
June Stuttgart   The Read Army Faction members are jailed individually in solitary confinement in the newly constructed high security Stammheim Prison in the north of Stuttgart
1977
Baader, Andraes   Sucide of Baader
20th Oct Stammheim   Suicide, after failure of the Schleyer kidnapping & Mogadisu rescue attempt
1970
Baader, Andraes   Terrorism
29th Sep Berlin   3 Berlin Banks are robbed on the same day
29th Sep Berlin   Over the next 3 yrs the Red Army Faction steals over DM1.5
1968
Baader, Andraes   Trial
  Jumps bail & goes underground & takes part in a 1969 bombing campaign
  Sentenced to 3 yrs imprisonment
21st May   Opening day of the Stammheim trial of Baader, Ensslin, Meinhof, and Jan-Carl Raspe began, named after a city district of Stuttgart where it takes place
28th April   On the trial's 192nd day, the three remaining defendants are convicted of several murders, more attempted murders, and of forming a terrorist organization; they are sentenced to life imprisonment
1977
Buback, Siegfried   Assassination
7th April   Assassination of the federal prosecutor-general Siegfried Buback, claimed by the Ulrike Meinhof Commando, in revenge for the suicide of Ulrike Meinhof
1972
Ensslin, Gudrun   Arrest
June Stuttgart   The Read Army Faction members are jailed individually in solitary confinement in the newly constructed high security Stammheim Prison in the north of Stuttgart
1970
Ensslin, Gudrun   PLO
  Baader, Ensslin, Mahler, and Meinhof go to Jordan where they train for guerrilla warfare with the PLO
1970
Ensslin, Gudrun   Red Army Faction
  Begining of the "anti-imperialistic fight", with bank robberies to raise money and explosives, and arson attacks against U.S. military facilities, German police stations, and buildings of the Axel Springer press empire
  The Red Army Faction is founded by Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, Horst Mahler, Ulrike Meinhof, Irmgard M”ller and others
June   After an intense manhunt, Baader, Ensslin, Meinhof, Holger Meins, and Jan-Carl Raspe are arrested
June Stuttgart   The Read Army Faction members are jailed individually in solitary confinement in the newly constructed high security Stammheim Prison in the north of Stuttgart
1975
Ensslin, Gudrun   Trial
21st May   Opening day of the Stammheim trial of Baader, Ensslin, Meinhof, and Jan-Carl Raspe began, named after a city district of Stuttgart where it takes place
1968
Esslin, Gudrun   Arson
2nd April Frankfurt   Member of group who set fire to a Frankfurt dept store in protest against consumerism
1977
Esslin, Gudrun   Death
20th Oct Stammheim   Death of Gudrun Esslin, commits suicide in Stammheim jail
1972
Grashof, Manfred   Bombing of Karlsruhe
12th May Karlsruhe   Bombing of the car of the Federal Judge Buddenberg
1975
Hillegaart, Heinz   Assassination
24th April Stockholm   Occupation of the West German embassy & murder of Andreas von Mirbach and Dr. Heinz Hillegaart
1977
Klar, Christian   Assassination
28th April Oberursel   Jrgen Ponto, Head of Dresdner Bank, is shot and killed in front of his house in Oberursel in a kidnapping that went wrong, those involved are Brigitte Mohnhaupt, Christian Klar, and Susanne Albrecht, the last bei
1971
Mahler, Horst   Manifesto Baader Meinhof
  Writes the Red Army Faction manifesto, "The Urban Guerrilla Concept"
1970
Mahler, Horst   Red Army Faction
  The Red Army Faction is founded by Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, Horst Mahler, Ulrike Meinhof, Irmgard M”ller and others
1968
Mahler, Horst   Trial
Frankfurt   Defends Baader at the Frankfurt arson trial
1972
Meinhof, Ulrike   Arrest
June Stuttgart   The Read Army Faction members are jailed individually in solitary confinement in the newly constructed high security Stammheim Prison in the north of Stuttgart
1976
Meinhof, Ulrike   Beider Meinhof Group
9th May Stuttgart   An enquiry finds suicide the cause, extremists claim otherwise & make her a martyr
9th May Stuttgart   Death of Ulrike Meinhof. found dead in her cell
1976
Meinhof, Ulrike   Death
21st May   Death of Ulrike Meinhof, found dead in her cell, hanging from a rope made from jail towels, an investigation concludes that she had hanged herself, a result hotly contested at the time, spurring conspiracy theories
1970
Meinhof, Ulrike   PLO
  Baader, Ensslin, Mahler, and Meinhof go to Jordan where they train for guerrilla warfare with the PLO
1970
Meinhof, Ulrike   Red Army Faction
  Begining of the "anti-imperialistic fight", with bank robberies to raise money and explosives, and arson attacks against U.S. military facilities, German police stations, and buildings of the Axel Springer press empire
  The Red Army Faction is founded by Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, Horst Mahler, Ulrike Meinhof, Irmgard M”ller and others
June   After an intense manhunt, Baader, Ensslin, Meinhof, Holger Meins, and Jan-Carl Raspe are arrested
June Stuttgart   The Read Army Faction members are jailed individually in solitary confinement in the newly constructed high security Stammheim Prison in the north of Stuttgart
1975
Meinhof, Ulrike   Trial
21st May   Opening day of the Stammheim trial of Baader, Ensslin, Meinhof, and Jan-Carl Raspe began, named after a city district of Stuttgart where it takes place
1974
Meins, Holger   Death
9th Nov Stuttgart   Death of Holger Meins, dies of self-induced starvation
1972
Meins, Holger   Red Army Faction
June   After an intense manhunt, Baader, Ensslin, Meinhof, Holger Meins, and Jan-Carl Raspe are arrested
9th Nov Stuttgart   Death of Holger Meins, dies of self-induced starvation
1975
Mirbach, Andreas von   Assassination
24th April Stockholm   Occupation of the West German embassy & murder of Andreas von Mirbach and Dr. Heinz Hillegaart
1970
M”ller, Irmgard   Red Army Faction
  The Red Army Faction is founded by Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, Horst Mahler, Ulrike Meinhof, Irmgard M”ller and others
1972
Moeller, Irmgard   Bombing of USAREUR HQ
24th May   Bombing outside of Military Intelligence (G-2), Headquarters, U.S. Army in Europe (HQ USAREUR) at Campbell Barracks, claimed by the 15th July Commando (in honour of Petra Schelm), executed by Irmgard Moeller
1977
Mohnhaupt, Brigitte   Assassination
28th April Oberursel   Jrgen Ponto, Head of Dresdner Bank, is shot and killed in front of his house in Oberursel in a kidnapping that went wrong, those involved are Brigitte Mohnhaupt, Christian Klar, and Susanne Albrecht, the last bei
1977
Ponto, Jrgen   Assassination
28th April Oberursel   Jrgen Ponto, Head of Dresdner Bank, is shot and killed in front of his house in Oberursel in a kidnapping that went wrong, those involved are Brigitte Mohnhaupt, Christian Klar, and Susanne Albrecht, the last bei
1972
Raspe, Jan-Carl   Red Army Faction
June   After an intense manhunt, Baader, Ensslin, Meinhof, Holger Meins, and Jan-Carl Raspe are arrested
1975
Raspe, Jan-Carl   Trial
21st May   Opening day of the Stammheim trial of Baader, Ensslin, Meinhof, and Jan-Carl Raspe began, named after a city district of Stuttgart where it takes place
28th April   On the trial's 192nd day, the three remaining defendants are convicted of several murders, more attempted murders, and of forming a terrorist organization; they are sentenced to life imprisonment
1972
Schelm, Petra   Bombing of USAREUR HQ
24th May   Bombing outside of Military Intelligence (G-2), Headquarters, U.S. Army in Europe (HQ USAREUR) at Campbell Barracks, claimed by the 15th July Commando (in honour of Petra Schelm), executed by Irmgard Moeller
1977
Schleyer, Hanns-Martin   Assassination
Cologne   Hanns-Martin Schleyer, chairman of the German Employers' Organisation, is kidnapped and later shot
1977
Schleyer, Hanns-Martin   Death
Sep Cologne   Death of Hans Martin Schleyer, assassinated by Baader-Meinhof
1977
Schleyer, Hanns-Martin   Kidnap
9th Sep Cologne   Kidnapped in Cologne with 3 of his bodyguards killed by Baader-Meinhof
1972
Stachowiak, Ilse   Bombing of Axel Springer Verlag
19th May   Bombing of the Axel Springer Verlag, Ilse Stachowiak is involved in the bombing
1972
Weissbecker, Tommy   Bombing of Augsburg
12th May Augsburg   Bombing of a police station in Augsburg and the Bavarian State Criminal Investigations Agency in Munich, claimed by Tommy Weissbecker
1972
Weissbecker, Tommy   Bombing of Munich
12th May Munich   Bombing of a police station in Augsburg and the Bavarian State Criminal Investigations Agency in Munich, claimed by Tommy Weissbecker

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