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Baader Meinhof Group
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Bombing Augsburg
Bombing Axel Springer Verlag
Bombing Berlin
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Biographies
Albrecht, Susanne
Baader, Andraes
Buback, Siegfried
Ensslin, Gudrun
Esslin, Gudrun
Grashof, Manfred
Hillegaart, Heinz
Klar, Christian
Mahler, Horst
Meinhof, Ulrike
Meins, Holger
Mirbach, Andreas von
M”ller, Irmgard
Moeller, Irmgard
Mohnhaupt, Brigitte
Ponto, Jrgen
Raspe, Jan-Carl
Schelm, Petra
Schleyer, Hanns-Martin
Stachowiak, Ilse
Weissbecker, Tommy
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Baader Meinhof Group
History of Germany  

              


1968
Arrest
Baader, Andraes
  The leader of a "Red Army faction", arrested & forcibly released by a Meinhof campaign
1970
Arrest
Baader, Andraes
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
1972
Arrest
Baader, Andraes
June   The leaders are arrested, after 6 murders, 50 attempted murders & numerous bank raids
1972
Arrest
Ensslin, Gudrun
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
1972
Arrest
Meinhof, Ulrike
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
Arrest
Baader, Andraes
  Baader is arrested
1968
Arson
Esslin, Gudrun
2nd April Frankfurt   Member of group who set fire to a Frankfurt dept store in protest against consumerism
1975
Assassination
Hillegaart, Heinz
24th April Stockholm   Occupation of the West German embassy & murder of Andreas von Mirbach and Dr. Heinz Hillegaart
1975
Assassination
Mirbach, Andreas von
24th April Stockholm   Occupation of the West German embassy & murder of Andreas von Mirbach and Dr. Heinz Hillegaart
1977
Assassination
Schleyer, Hanns-Martin
Cologne   Hanns-Martin Schleyer, chairman of the German Employers' Organisation, is kidnapped and later shot
1977
Assassination
Buback, Siegfried
7th April   Assassination of the federal prosecutor-general Siegfried Buback, claimed by the Ulrike Meinhof Commando, in revenge for the suicide of Ulrike Meinhof
1977
Assassination
Albrecht, Susanne
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
Assassination
Klar, Christian
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
Assassination
Mohnhaupt, Brigitte
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
Assassination
Ponto, Jrgen
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
1970
Baader Meinhof
Baader, Andraes
14th May Berlin   Foundation of the Baader-Meinhof Group
1976
Beider Meinhof Group
Meinhof, Ulrike
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
1943
Birth
Baader, Andraes
  Birth of Andreas Baader
1972
Bombing of Augsburg
Weissbecker, Tommy
12th May Augsburg   Bombing of a police station in Augsburg and the Bavarian State Criminal Investigations Agency in Munich, claimed by Tommy Weissbecker
1972
Bombing of Axel Springer Verlag
Stachowiak, Ilse
19th May   Bombing of the Axel Springer Verlag, Ilse Stachowiak is involved in the bombing
1969
Bombing of Berlin
Baader, Andraes
12th Dec Berlin   The Baader-Meinhog bomb Berlin
1972
Bombing of Frankfurt
Baader, Andraes
11th May Frankfurt   The Baader-Meinhof bomb a USAArmy base in Frankfurt killing 1 & injuring 14
1972
Bombing of Karlsruhe
Grashof, Manfred
12th May Karlsruhe   Bombing of the car of the Federal Judge Buddenberg
1972
Bombing of Munich
Weissbecker, Tommy
12th May Munich   Bombing of a police station in Augsburg and the Bavarian State Criminal Investigations Agency in Munich, claimed by Tommy Weissbecker
1972
Bombing of USAREUR HQ
Moeller, Irmgard
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
1972
Bombing of USAREUR HQ
Schelm, Petra
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
1974
Death
Meins, Holger
9th Nov Stuttgart   Death of Holger Meins, dies of self-induced starvation
1976
Death
Meinhof, Ulrike
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
1977
Death
Schleyer, Hanns-Martin
Sep Cologne   Death of Hans Martin Schleyer, assassinated by Baader-Meinhof
1977
Death
Baader, Andraes
20th Oct Stammheim   Death of Andreas Baader, suicide in gaol
1977
Death
Esslin, Gudrun
20th Oct Stammheim   Death of Gudrun Esslin, commits suicide in Stammheim jail
1968
Frankfurt Arson
Baader, Andraes
2nd April Frankfurt   A group of terrorists set fire to a Frankfurt store in protest against consumerism
1977
Hostages
Baader, Andraes
Mogadishu   An attempt to free Baader fails when commandoes free hostages at Mogadishu
1977
Kidnap
Schleyer, Hanns-Martin
9th Sep Cologne   Kidnapped in Cologne with 3 of his bodyguards killed by Baader-Meinhof
1971
Manifesto Baader Meinhof
Mahler, Horst
  Writes the Red Army Faction manifesto, "The Urban Guerrilla Concept"
1970
PLO
Baader, Andraes
  Baader, Ensslin, Mahler, and Meinhof go to Jordan where they train for guerrilla warfare with the PLO
1970
PLO
Ensslin, Gudrun
  Baader, Ensslin, Mahler, and Meinhof go to Jordan where they train for guerrilla warfare with the PLO
1970
PLO
Meinhof, Ulrike
  Baader, Ensslin, Mahler, and Meinhof go to Jordan where they train for guerrilla warfare with the PLO
1968
Red Army Faction
Baader, Andraes
  One of the founders of the Red Army Faction in protest against the consumer society
1970
Red Army Faction
Baader, Andraes
  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
1970
Red Army Faction
Ensslin, Gudrun
  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
1970
Red Army Faction
Mahler, Horst
  The Red Army Faction is founded by Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, Horst Mahler, Ulrike Meinhof, Irmgard M”ller and others
1970
Red Army Faction
Meinhof, Ulrike
  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
1970
Red Army Faction
M”ller, Irmgard
  The Red Army Faction is founded by Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, Horst Mahler, Ulrike Meinhof, Irmgard M”ller and others
1972
Red Army Faction
Baader, Andraes
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
1972
Red Army Faction
Ensslin, Gudrun
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
1972
Red Army Faction
Meinhof, Ulrike
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
1972
Red Army Faction
Meins, Holger
June   After an intense manhunt, Baader, Ensslin, Meinhof, Holger Meins, and Jan-Carl Raspe are arrested
1972
Red Army Faction
Raspe, Jan-Carl
June   After an intense manhunt, Baader, Ensslin, Meinhof, Holger Meins, and Jan-Carl Raspe are arrested
1974
Red Army Faction
Meins, Holger
9th Nov Stuttgart   Death of Holger Meins, dies of self-induced starvation
1977
Sucide of Baader
Baader, Andraes
20th Oct Stammheim   Suicide, after failure of the Schleyer kidnapping & Mogadisu rescue attempt
1970
Terrorism
Baader, Andraes
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
Trial
Baader, Andraes
  Jumps bail & goes underground & takes part in a 1969 bombing campaign
  Sentenced to 3 yrs imprisonment
1968
Trial
Mahler, Horst
Frankfurt   Defends Baader at the Frankfurt arson trial
1975
Trial
Baader, Andraes
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
1975
Trial
Ensslin, Gudrun
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
1975
Trial
Meinhof, Ulrike
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
1975
Trial
Raspe, Jan-Carl
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
1977
Trial
Baader, Andraes
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
Trial
Raspe, Jan-Carl
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

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