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

20Records
1968–1977Date range
11Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1968

Andraes Baader13 October 1968

Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

Baader, Ensslin, Sohnlein, and Proll are convicted of Arson, they each get three years. Baader and his girlfriend Gudrun Ensslin are convicted of the arson bombing of a department store in Frankfurt am Main

Gudrun Ensslin13 October 1968

Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

Baader, Ensslin, Sohnlein, and Proll are convicted of Arson, they each get three years

Thorwald Proll13 October 1968

Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

Baader, Ensslin, Sohnlein, and Proll are convicted of Arson, they each get three years

Andraes Baader1968

Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

Jumps bail & goes underground & takes part in a 1969 bombing campaign

Rainer Langhans1968

Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

Fritz Teufel and Rainer Langhans are found Not Guilty of Incitement to Arson, for passing out the leaflets the previous spring

Horst Mahler1968

Frankfurt · Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

Defends Baader at the Frankfurt arson trial

Fritz Teufel1968

Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

Fritz Teufel and Rainer Langhans are found Not Guilty of Incitement to Arson, for passing out the leaflets the previous spring

1970

Horst MahlerNovember 1970

Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

Tried and convicted for bank robberies and for assisting Baaders prison escape

1971

Irene GoergensApril 1971

Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

Horst Mahler, Irene Goergens, and Ingrid Schubert go on trial, for their involvement in the release of Baader, in the court of Moabit prison, Mahler is acquitted (though he still has two other charges pending), and Goergens and Schubert are convicted

Horst MahlerApril 1971

Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

Horst Mahler, Irene Goergens, and Ingrid Schubert go on trial, for their involvement in the release of Baader, in the court of Moabit prison, Mahler is acquitted (though he still has two other charges pending), and Goergens and Schubert are convicted

Ingrid SchubertApril 1971

Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

Horst Mahler, Irene Goergens, and Ingrid Schubert go on trial, for their involvement in the release of Baader, in the court of Moabit prison, Mahler is acquitted (though he still has two other charges pending), and Goergens and Schubert are convicted

1974

Horst Mahler1974

Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

Mahler had been sentenced to 14 years imprisonment and had his license to practice law revoked

1975

Andraes Baader21 May 1975

Stuttgart · Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

Opening day of the Stammheim trial of Baader, Ensslin, Meinhof, and Jan-Carl Raspe began, named after a city district of Stuttgart where it takes place

Gudrun Ensslin21 May 1975

Stuttgart · Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

Opening day of the Stammheim trial of Baader, Ensslin, Meinhof, and Jan-Carl Raspe began, named after a city district of Stuttgart where it takes place

Ulrike Marie Meinhof21 May 1975

Stuttgart · Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

Opening day of the Stammheim trial of Baader, Ensslin, Meinhof, and Jan-Carl Raspe began, named after a city district of Stuttgart where it takes place

Jan-Carl Raspe21 May 1975

Stuttgart · Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

Opening day of the Stammheim trial of Baader, Ensslin, Meinhof, and Jan-Carl Raspe began, named after a city district of Stuttgart where it takes place

Helmut Schmidt21 May 1975

Stuttgart · Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

Opening day of the Stammheim trial of Baader, Ensslin, Meinhof, and Jan-Carl Raspe began, named after a city district of Stuttgart where it takes place

Ulrike Marie Meinhof19 August 1975

Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

Meinhof, Baader, Ensslin, and Raspe are charged with four counts of murder, fifty-four of attempted murder, and a single count of forming a criminal association

1977

Andraes Baader28 April 1977

Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

On the trials 192nd day, the three remaining defendants are convicted of several murders, more attempted murders, and of forming a terrorist organisation; they are sentenced to life imprisonment

Jan-Carl Raspe28 April 1977

Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

On the trials 192nd day, the three remaining defendants are convicted of several murders, more attempted murders, and of forming a terrorist organisation; they are sentenced to life imprisonment

Names involved

Andraes BaaderFritz TeufelGudrun EnsslinHelmut SchmidtHorst MahlerIngrid SchubertIrene GoergensJan-Carl RaspeRainer LanghansThorwald ProllUlrike Marie Meinhof

Provenance

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