Ulrike Meinhof

Ulrike Meinhof
Ulrike Meinhof
	Meinhof as a journalist, c. 1964
Born	Ulrike Marie Meinhof; 7 October 1934; Oldenburg, Germany
Died	9 May 1976 (aged 41); Stuttgart, West Germany
Organization	Red Army Faction
Spouse	Klaus Rainer Röhl (divorced)
Children	Regine; Bettina;

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". She is the reputed author of The Urban Guerilla Concept (1971). The manifesto acknowledges the RAF's "roots in the history of the student movement"; condemns "reformism" as "a brake on the anti-capitalist struggle"; and invokes Mao Zedong to define "armed struggle" as "the highest form of Marxism-Leninism".^[3]

Meinhof, who took part in the RAF's May Offensive in 1972, was arrested in June of that year and spent the rest of her life in custody, largely isolated from outside contact. In November 1974, she was sentenced to 8 years in prison for an attempted murder that had taken place during the RAF's successful jailbreak operation of Andreas Baader.^[4]

From 1975, she stood trial on multiple charges of murder and attempted murder, with the three other RAF leaders: Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, and Jan-Carl Raspe. Before the end of the trial, she was found hanged in her cell in the Stammheim Prison. The official finding of suicide sparked controversy. One year later, on 7 April 1977, two members of the RAF assassinated the Federal Attorney-General Siegfried Buback as revenge.^[5]^[6]

^ Johnson, Kenneth F. (1974). Peronism : The Final Gamble. London: Institute for the Study of Conflict. p. 13. ISBN 978-0903366076.
^ Gallus, Alexander; Zimmermann, Reinhard (2017). Meinhof, Mahler, Ensslin: die Akten der Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (in German). Göttingen ; Bristol, CT: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. p. 53. ISBN 978-3525301265.
^ Moncourt, André (2009). The Red Army Faction, A Documentary History. Volume 1: Projectiles of the People (PDF). Oakland, CA: PM Press. pp. 83–104 [87–88, 91]. ISBN 978-1604860290.
^ Power, Jonathan (2013). Amnesty International, the human rights story. Oxford: Elsevier Science. p. 72. ISBN 978-1483286013.
^ Werner, Robert (2014). Geschichte? Nee – oder? Ich will's jetzt – wissen – Buch für junge Leute. : Deutsche und europäische Geschichte sowie wichtige Ereignisse in der Welt vom Jahre 9 – 1990 (in German). Berlin: epubli GmbH. p. 529. ISBN 978-3844299434.
^ "Who Assassinated Siegfried Buback? Germany Revisits RAF Terrorism Verdict". Spiegel Online. 23 April 2007. Retrieved 7 September 2018.

[1] Johnson, Kenneth F. (1974). Peronism : The Final Gamble. London: Institute for the Study of Conflict. p. 13. ISBN 978-0903366076.

[2] Gallus, Alexander; Zimmermann, Reinhard (2017). Meinhof, Mahler, Ensslin: die Akten der Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (in German). Göttingen ; Bristol, CT: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. p. 53. ISBN 978-3525301265.

[3] Moncourt, André (2009). The Red Army Faction, A Documentary History. Volume 1: Projectiles of the People (PDF). Oakland, CA: PM Press. pp. 83–104 [87–88, 91]. ISBN 978-1604860290.

[4] Power, Jonathan (2013). Amnesty International, the human rights story. Oxford: Elsevier Science. p. 72. ISBN 978-1483286013.

[5] Werner, Robert (2014). Geschichte? Nee – oder? Ich will's jetzt – wissen – Buch für junge Leute. : Deutsche und europäische Geschichte sowie wichtige Ereignisse in der Welt vom Jahre 9 – 1990 (in German). Berlin: epubli GmbH. p. 529. ISBN 978-3844299434.

[spon-6] "Who Assassinated Siegfried Buback? Germany Revisits RAF Terrorism Verdict". Spiegel Online. 23 April 2007. Retrieved 7 September 2018.

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Ulrike Meinhof
Meinhof as a journalist, c. 1964
Born	Ulrike Marie Meinhof (1934-10-07)7 October 1934^[1] Oldenburg, Germany
Died	9 May 1976(1976-05-09) (aged 41) Stuttgart, West Germany
Organization	Red Army Faction
Spouse	Klaus Rainer Röhl (divorced)
Children	Regine Bettina ^[2]