Arrest of Andraes Baader
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
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1968 in Germany
Explore 26 historical events and records for Germany in 1968.
Historical records for Germany in 1968
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April
Arrest of Gudrun Ensslin
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
Arson
Member of group who set fire to a Frankfurt dept store in protest against consumerism
Bombing of Frankfurt
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
Bombing of Frankfurt
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
Frankfurt Arson
A group of terrorists set fire to a Frankfurt store in protest against consumerism
Arrest of Andreas Baader
Police arrest Baader and his comrades for the arson
July
EEC Customs Union Completed
Heads the German government when the EEC customs union is completed ahead of the original Treaty of Rome timetable.
October
Trial
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
Trial
Baader, Ensslin, Sohnlein, and Proll are convicted of Arson, they each get three years
Trial
Baader, Ensslin, Sohnlein, and Proll are convicted of Arson, they each get three years
Other events (month unknown)
Arrest of Andraes Baader
The leader of a "Red Army faction", arrested & forcibly released by a Meinhof campaign
Artists Under the Big Top
Directs Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed.
Czechoslovakia Invasion Commentary
Böll publicly criticized the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia.
Debates over Revolutionary Subjects
Marcuse discussed the political potential of students and marginalized groups amid worldwide protest movements.
Konkret
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"
Organisation
Works with Florian Schneider in Organisation, the experimental group that precedes Kraftwerk.
Organisation
Works with Ralf Hutter in Organisation before the pair establish Kraftwerk.
Party Leader
Appointed Party Leader of the Federal Democratic Party
Red Army
One of the founders of the Red Army Faction in protest against the consumer society
Red Army Faction
One of the founders of the Red Army Faction in protest against the consumer society
Student Protest Intellectual Influence
Marcuse's writings became prominent among student movements that challenged authoritarianism and the Vietnam War.
Trial
Jumps bail & goes underground & takes part in a 1969 bombing campaign
Trial
Fritz Teufel and Rainer Langhans are found Not Guilty of Incitement to Arson, for passing out the leaflets the previous spring
Trial
Defends Baader at the Frankfurt arson trial
Trial
Fritz Teufel and Rainer Langhans are found Not Guilty of Incitement to Arson, for passing out the leaflets the previous spring
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