Ulrike Meinhof (1934–1976)
Author of Everybody Talks About the Weather . . . We Don't: The Writings of Ulrike Meinhof
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Image credit: Bettina Röhl
Works by Ulrike Meinhof
Textes des prisonniers de la Fraction armée rouge et dernières lettres d'Ulrike Meinhof (1977) 4 copies
Flingue, conscience et collectif 2 copies
Letzte Texte von Ulrike 2 copies
Associated Works
Ulrike Meinhof 1934-1976: Ihr Weg zur Terroristin (Wissenschaftliche Beiträge aus dem Tectum Verlag 12) (2011) — Associated Name — 7 copies
Stammheim der Prozess gegen die Rote Armee Fraktion — Associated Name — 2 copies
Tulisielut : tarina Ulrike Meinhofista, Andreas Baaderista ja Joschka Fischeristä (2021) — Associated Name — 2 copies
Der Baader-Meinhof Raport : Dokumente, Analysen, Zusammenhänge : aus den Akten des Bundeskriminalamtes, der… — Associated Name — 1 copy
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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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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)