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Ulrike Marie Meinhof (7 October 1934 – 9 May 1976) was a German left-wing journalist and founding member of the Red Army Faction (RAF) in West Germany, commonly referred to in the press as the "Baader-Meinhof gang".
During the trials, Ulrike Meinhof was found dead in her seventh-floor prison cell, having committed suicide by hanging on 9 May 1976. [1] It is not clear what happened. Prison officials say she killed herself because she was becoming increasingly isolated in the group. RAF lawyers and RAF supporters spoke of murder. [1]
[5]: 349 Seen by the German state as a leader of the first generation alongside Baader, Meinhof, Meins and Raspe. [5]: 250 Allegedly committed suicide in Stammheim prison on 18 October 1977. [5]: 41 Irene Goergens: 1951- Met Ulrike Meinhof as a teenager and was arrested in 1970. She was released in 1977. [4] Manfred Grashof: 1946-
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All official inquiries on the matter concluded that Baader and his two accomplices committed collective suicide, and Baader-Meinhof biographer Stefan Aust argued in the original edition of his book, The Baader-Meinhof Group (1985), that they did kill themselves. But there was a controversy about the weapons they used to commit suicide. [37]
18. Oktober 1977 is the title of a series of paintings by Gerhard Richter.It is based on photographs that document the deaths of three leading activist of the Baader-Meinhof Group in the Stammheim Prison after the release of the hostages in the hijacking by four members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine of Lufthansa Flight 181.
On 7 April 1977, the Federal Prosecutor General Siegfried Buback, his driver Wolfgang Göbel, and the head of the Federal Prosecutor's Office's motor pool, Georg Wurster, were shot dead in their car by the RAF's "Ulrike Meinhof Commando" (Kommando Ulrike Meinhof) from a motorcycle in Karlsruhe.
Ulrike Meinhof, a German left-wing terrorist and journalist, co-founded the Red Army Faction and participated in a range of bombings and bank robberies. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)'s Leila Khaled is considered to be the first women to hijack an airplane, drawing international attention. [ 4 ]