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Red Army

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

7Records
1968–1971Date range
5Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1968

Andraes Baader1968

Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

One of the founders of the Red Army Faction in protest against the consumer society

1970

Andraes Baader1970

Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

The Red Army Faction is founded by Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, Horst Mahler, Ulrike Meinhof, Irmgard Muller and others

Gudrun Ensslin1970

Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

The Red Army Faction is founded by Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, Horst Mahler, Ulrike Meinhof, Irmgard Muller and others. Ensslin spends the next two years helping lead the Red Army Faction wage war on the state, culminating in a May 1970 campaign of terror that left many dead and wounded, and many buildings destroyed

Horst Mahler1970

Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

The Red Army Faction is founded by Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, Horst Mahler, Ulrike Meinhof, Irmgard Muller and others

Irmgard Muller1970

Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

The Red Army Faction is founded by Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, Horst Mahler, Ulrike Meinhof, Irmgard Muller and others

1971

Carmen RollFebruary 1971

Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

Through the coming months the SPK begins to align itself with the Red Army Faction; soon they stop signing their documents "SPK," and began signing them "RAF"

Horst Mahler1971

Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

Writes the Red Army Faction manifesto, "The Urban Guerrilla Concept"

Names involved

Andraes BaaderCarmen RollGudrun EnsslinHorst MahlerIrmgard Muller

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