2 February 1971Arrest of Hans-Jurgen BeckerHans-Jurgen Becker
Hans-Jurgen Becker, who left the group the previous year, is arrested
Historical records for Germany in 1971, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Hans-Jurgen Becker, who left the group the previous year, is arrested
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"
Siegfried Hausner and Carmen Roll of the Socialists Patients Collective (SPK) attempt to bomb the train of the Federal Republics president, they arrive too late at the train station and their plan is thwarted
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". Siegfried Hausner and Carmen Roll of the Socialists Patients Collective (SPK) attempt to bomb the train of the Federal Republics president, they arrive too late at the train station and their plan is thwarted
Ilse "Tinny" Stachowiak is arrested at the train station in Frankfurt, she is recognized from her photograph on one of the millions of ubiquitous wanted posters seen throughout the Federal Republic
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 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 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
Appointed General Secretary of the SED, Socialist Unity Party
Former members of Kommune I, and former members of the now-disbanded West Berlin Tupamaros, form "Movement 2 June", Andreas Baader and Gudrun Ensslin encourage the group, which includes Bommi Baumann and Fritz Teufel, to join the RAF
Former members of Kommune I, and former members of the now-disbanded West Berlin Tupamaros, form "Movement 2 June", Andreas Baader and Gudrun Ensslin encourage the group, which includes Bommi Baumann and Fritz Teufel, to join the RAF
Former members of Kommune I, and former members of the now-disbanded West Berlin Tupamaros, form "Movement 2 June", Andreas Baader and Gudrun Ensslin encourage the group, which includes Bommi Baumann and Fritz Teufel, to join the RAF
Former members of Kommune I, and former members of the now-disbanded West Berlin Tupamaros, form "Movement 2 June", Andreas Baader and Gudrun Ensslin encourage the group, which includes Bommi Baumann and Fritz Teufel, to join the RAF
Dieter Kunzelmann is arrested for his bombing activities in the West Berlin TupamarosDieter Kunzelmann is arrested for his bombing activities in the West Berlin Tupamaros
Dieter Kunzelmann is arrested for his bombing activities in the West Berlin TupamarosDieter Kunzelmann is arrested for his bombing activities in the West Berlin Tupamaros
Horst Herold is selected to be Chief Commissioner of the Bundeskriminalamt he goes about centralizing efforts to track down the Baader-Meinhof Gang & builds a computer system which contains every singe fact or bit of evidence relating the gang
Directs The Merchant of Four Seasons.
RAF members Klaus Janschke, Ingeborg Barz, Wolfgang Grundmann raid a branch of the Bavarian Mortgage and Exchange Bank, a police officer, Herbert Schoner, walks in on the raid and is shot dead
RAF members Klaus Janschke, Ingeborg Barz, Wolfgang Grundmann raid a branch of the Bavarian Mortgage and Exchange Bank, a police officer, Herbert Schoner, walks in on the raid and is shot dead
RAF members Klaus Janschke, Ingeborg Barz, Wolfgang Grundmann raid a branch of the Bavarian Mortgage and Exchange Bank, a police officer, Herbert Schoner, walks in on the raid and is shot dead
Leaves Kraftwerk and later becomes central to Neu and German experimental rock.
Publication of Gruppenbild mit Dame
Briefly joins Kraftwerk before forming Neu with Klaus Dinger.
Writes the Red Army Faction manifesto, "The Urban Guerrilla Concept"
Ulrike Meinhof is put in charge of writing a manifesto of the group,"The Concept of the Urban Guerrilla," circulated by May. On its cover is a logo: a rifle over a star, with the letters RAF on top of them, the rifle is a Kalashnikov Rifle, the Soviet-Bloc machine gun that they had grown to love in their Jordan training
For normalizing relations with the Soviet union & Poland
Writes the Red Army Faction manifesto, "The Urban Guerrilla Concept"
Begin what they called "anti-imperialistic fight", with bank robberies to raise money and bomb attacks against U.S. military facilities, German police stations, and buildings of the Axel Springer press empire
Writes the Red Army Faction manifesto, "The Urban Guerrilla Concept". Begin what they called "anti-imperialistic fight", with bank robberies to raise money and bomb attacks against U.S. military facilities, German police stations, and buildings of the Axel Springer press empire
Ulrike Meinhof is put in charge of writing a manifesto of the group,"The Concept of the Urban Guerrilla," circulated by May. Begin what they called "anti-imperialistic fight", with bank robberies to raise money and bomb attacks against U.S. military facilities, German police stations, and buildings of the Axel Springer press empire
Returns to Kraftwerk, restoring the Hutter and Schneider partnership.
Temporarily steps away during the unsettled early line-up period.
Ulrike Meinhof is put in charge of writing a manifesto of the group,"The Concept of the Urban Guerrilla," circulated by May
Directs The Morals of Ruth Halbfass.
Directs The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach.
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