Germany · Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Acting on a tip, police stake out a Berlin apartment where they have been told that Baader, Ensslin, and Mahler will be meeting. Baader and Ensslin never show, but Mahler, Monika Berberich, Brigitte Asdonk and Irene Goergens are all captured
The Movement 2 June takes Peter Lorenz hostage and demands, among others, that Mahler be freed from prison, Mahler is offered liberty, but refuses it
Mahler is freed from prison after serving 10 years of his 14-year sentence, largely due to the efforts of his lawyer, Gerhard Schr”der, who would later become Chancellor
Mahler is freed from prison after serving 10 years of his 14-year sentence, largely due to the efforts of his lawyer, Gerhard Schroder, who would later become Chancellor
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