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Legal name
Meinhof, Ulrike Marie
Other names
Майнхоф, Ульрика
MEINHOF, Ulrike Marie
MEINHOF, Ulrike
Birthdate
1934-10-07
Date of death
1976-05-09
Burial location
Berlin-Mariendorf, Germany
Gender
female
Nationality
Germany
Birthplace
Oldenburg, Germany
Place of death
Stuttgart, Germany
Education
Philipps-Universität Marburg
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität
Occupations
journalist
Relationships
Röhl, Klaus Rainer (husband)
Röhl, Bettina (daughter)
Organizations
Rote Armee Faktion
Short biography
Ulrike Meinhof was born in Oldenburg, Germany. She became a left-wing journalist and founding member of the radical Red Army Faction in West Germany, referred to in the press as the "Baader-Meinhof gang." She was the reputed author of several Red Army Faction manifestos and pamphlets, including The Concept of the Urban Guerilla (1971). She took part in the Red Army Faction's crime spree in 1972, was arrested, and spent the rest of her life in custody. She was found hanged in her cell in Stammheim Prison in 1976.

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People of Ulrike Meinhof's generation, who came of age right after the fall of the Nazi's, must have felt they lived in a world full of hypocrisy. Virtually every older person would have contained some taint from the recent past, obliterating any claim to moral authority. It is easy to see how one could become radicalized in such a society.

These writings are the product of living in those times. They barely touch on, and certainly don't excuse the violence and cruelty of the RAF, Meinhof's shift from writer to terrorist remains enigmatic; however, they give an unusually articulate impression of progressive thought in central Europe at the hight of the Cold War.… (more)
 
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