Ulrike Meinhof
History of Germany
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| | 1970 | PLO | |
| Baader, Ensslin, Mahler, and Meinhof go to Jordan where they train for guerrilla warfare with the PLO |
| 1970 | 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 |
| 1972 | 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 |
| 1972 | Red Army Faction | |
| 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 | 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 |
| 1976 | 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 | 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 |
| 1977 | Assassination | |
| 7th April Bonn Assassination of the federal prosecutor-general Siegfried Buback, claimed by the Ulrike Meinhof Commando, in revenge for the suicide of Ulrike Meinhof |
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