Died members of left-wing extremist German terror groups

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Various members of left-wing extremist terrorist organizations in the Federal Republic of Germany died in exchanges of fire with the police, bomb attacks, hunger strikes or by suicide . The majority of the people belonged to the Red Army Faction (RAF). Other people were members of the Revolutionary Cells , the June 2 Movement or the Central Council of Roaming Hash Rebels .

The list includes people who were active members of these organizations in the Federal Republic of Germany at the time of their death. It also lists people who are only suspected of being a member.

date place Surname organization event
15th July 1971 Hamburg Petra Schelm Red Army Fraction Shot while attempting to arrest
4th December 1971 West Berlin Georg von Rauch Central Council of Roaming Hash Rebels Shot while attempting to arrest
March 2nd 1972 augsburg Thomas Weisbecker Movement June 2nd Shot while attempting to arrest
November 9, 1974 Wittlich Holger Meins Red Army Fraction Died in prison as a result of hunger strike
April 25, 1975 Stockholm Ulrich Wessel Red Army Fraction Killed by an accidentally detonated charge in the course of the Stockholm hostage-taking
May 5th 1975 Stuttgart-Stammheim Siegfried Hausner Red Army Fraction Died in prison hospital as a result of injuries in the Stockholm hostage-taking
May 9, 1975 Cologne Werner Sauber Movement June 2nd Shot at police control
June 29, 1975 West Berlin Katharina Hammerschmidt Red Army Fraction Died of complications from cancer that was inadequately treated in prison
4th July 1976 Entebbe Brigitte Kuhlmann Revolutionary cells Shot during an armed hostage rescue ( Operation Entebbe )
4th July 1976 Entebbe Wilfried Böse Revolutionary cells Shot during an armed hostage rescue (Operation Entebbe)
May 9, 1976 Stuttgart-Stammheim Ulrike Meinhof Red Army Fraction Suicide in prison
October 18, 1977 Stuttgart-Stammheim Jan-Carl Raspe Red Army Fraction Suicide in prison ( night of death in Stammheim )
October 18, 1977 Stuttgart-Stammheim Gudrun Ensslin Red Army Fraction Suicide in prison (night of death in Stammheim)
October 18, 1977 Stuttgart-Stammheim Andreas Baader Red Army Fraction Suicide in prison (night of death in Stammheim)
November 12, 1977 Munich Ingrid Schubert Red Army Fraction Suicide in prison
September 6, 1978 Dusseldorf Willy Peter Stoll Red Army Fraction Shot while attempting to arrest
October 8, 1978 Dortmund Michael Knoll Red Army Fraction Shot while attempting to arrest
4th May 1979 Nuremberg Elisabeth von Dyck presumably Red Army faction Shot while attempting to arrest
July 25, 1980 Bietigheim-Bissingen Juliane Plambeck Red Army Fraction Died in a traffic accident
July 25, 1980 Bietigheim-Bissingen Wolfgang Beer Red Army Fraction Died in a traffic accident
April 16, 1981 Hamburg Sigurd Debus presumably Red Army faction Died in prison after being on hunger strike and force-fed
1982 Ingrid (Ina) Siepmann Movement June 2nd Presumably in the Lebanon war dead
December 1987 Gerd Albartus Revolutionary cells Executed in Lebanon by the Carlos group
June 27, 1993 Lübeck Wolfgang Grams Red Army Fraction Suicide (see GSG 9 deployment in Bad Kleinen )

In addition, the following people died as a result of bombs exploding prematurely, who - as far as known - did not belong to any terrorist group, but placed their attacks in the context of the RAF terror.

date place Surname event
20th January 1985 Stuttgart Johannes Thimme Killed by a prematurely exploded bomb at the German Research and Experimental Institute for Aerospace
June 2nd 1985 Hanover Jürgen Pemöller Killed by a prematurely exploded bomb at Messe AG Hannover

Even after the RAF disbanded in 1998, former members who were still underground have died:

date place Surname event
September 15, 1999 Vienna Horst Ludwig Meyer Shot while attempting to arrest

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Petra Terhoeven: The Red Army Faction: A History of Terrorist Violence . CH Beck, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-406-71235-7 .