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Arrest of Thorwald Proll

Germany · Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1969Date range
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Chronological records

1969

Thorwald Proll13 June 1969

Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

The four convicted arsonists Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, Horst S”hnlein, and Thorwald Proll are released from prison pending review of their cases

Thorwald Proll1969

Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

After serving a year in jail, Ensslin and Baader, and their two co-defendants Horst Sohnlein and Thorwald Proll are released temporarily pending an appeal, when the appeal fails, Ensslin, Baader and Proll escape to France as fugitives

Names involved

Thorwald Proll

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