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Death of Gudrun Ensslin

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

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Chronological records

1977

Gudrun Ensslin17 October 1977

Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

Raspe learns of GSG 9s success on a smuggled transistor radio, and spent the next few hours talking to Baader, Ensslin, and Muller, who agreed to a suicide pact

Gudrun Ensslin20 October 1977

Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

Andreas Baader and Jan-Carl Raspe are found dead in their cells, having died from gunshot wounds, while Gudrun Ensslin is found hanging from a noose made from speaker wire

Names involved

Gudrun Ensslin

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