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Germany in 1968

Historical records for Germany in 1968, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

23Records
14Events
13Named people
4Places
5Categories

Historical records

April

2 April 1968Arrest of Andraes BaaderAndraes Baader

Frankfurt · Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

Bombs placed by Andreas Baader and Gudrun Ensslin explode at midnight in 2 department stores in Frankfurt-am-Main; they are later arrested and sentenced for arson

2 April 1968Arrest of Gudrun EnsslinGudrun Ensslin

Frankfurt · Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

Bombs placed by Andreas Baader and Gudrun Ensslin explode at midnight in 2 department stores in Frankfurt-am-Main; they are later arrested and sentenced for arson

2 April 1968ArsonGudrun Esslin

Frankfurt · Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

Member of group who set fire to a Frankfurt dept store in protest against consumerism

2 April 1968Bombing of FrankfurtAndraes Baader

Frankfurt · Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

Bombs placed by Andreas Baader and Gudrun Ensslin explode at midnight in 2 department stores in Frankfurt-am-Main; they are later arrested and sentenced for arson

2 April 1968Bombing of FrankfurtGudrun Ensslin

Frankfurt · Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

Bombs placed by Andreas Baader and Gudrun Ensslin explode at midnight in 2 department stores in Frankfurt-am-Main; they are later arrested and sentenced for arson

2 April 1968Frankfurt ArsonAndraes Baader

Frankfurt · Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

A group of terrorists set fire to a Frankfurt store in protest against consumerism

4 April 1968Arrest of Andreas BaaderAndraes Baader

Frankfurt · Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

Police arrest Baader and his comrades for the arson

July

1 July 1968EEC Customs Union CompletedKurt Georg Kiesinger

Bonn · Government / European Economic Community (EEC)

Heads the German government when the EEC customs union is completed ahead of the original Treaty of Rome timetable.

October

13 October 1968TrialAndraes Baader

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

13 October 1968TrialGudrun Ensslin

Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

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

13 October 1968TrialThorwald Proll

Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

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

Other Events

1968Arrest of Andraes BaaderAndraes Baader

Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

The leader of a "Red Army faction", arrested & forcibly released by a Meinhof campaign

1968Artists Under the Big TopAlexander Kluge

West Germany · Arts / Cinema

Directs Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed.

1968KonkretUlrike Marie Meinhof

Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

The attempted assassination Dutschke provokes Meinhof to write an article in konkret demonstrating her militant attitude, "Protest is when I say this does not please me, Resistance is when I ensure what does not please me occurs no more"

1968OrganisationRalf Hutter

Dusseldorf · Arts / Popular Music

Works with Florian Schneider in Organisation, the experimental group that precedes Kraftwerk.

1968OrganisationFlorian Schneider

Dusseldorf · Arts / Popular Music

Works with Ralf Hutter in Organisation before the pair establish Kraftwerk.

1968Party LeaderWalter Scheel

Politics / FDP

Appointed Party Leader of the Federal Democratic Party

1968Red ArmyAndraes Baader

Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

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

1968Red Army FactionAndraes Baader

Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

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

1968TrialAndraes Baader

Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

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

1968TrialRainer Langhans

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

1968TrialHorst Mahler

Frankfurt · Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

Defends Baader at the Frankfurt arson trial

1968TrialFritz Teufel

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

Names involved

Alexander KlugeAndraes BaaderFlorian SchneiderFritz TeufelGudrun EnsslinGudrun EsslinHorst MahlerKurt Georg KiesingerRainer LanghansRalf HutterThorwald ProllUlrike Marie MeinhofWalter Scheel

Places involved

BonnDusseldorfFrankfurtWest Germany

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.