Arrest of Hans-Jurgen Becker
Hans-Jurgen Becker, who left the group the previous year, is arrested
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1971 in Germany
Explore 37 historical events and records for Germany in 1971.
Historical records for Germany in 1971
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February
Red Army
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"
SPK
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
SPK
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
April
Arrest of Ilse "Tinny" Stachowiak
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
Trial
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
Trial
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
Trial
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
May
General
Appointed General Secretary of the SED, Socialist Unity Party
June
Movement 2 June
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
Movement 2 June
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
Movement 2 June
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
Movement 2 June
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
July
Arrest of Dieter Kunzelmann
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
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
August
ILL High-Flux Reactor Criticality
Directs the ILL during the period when its high-flux reactor first reaches criticality.
September
Bundeskriminalamt
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
October
The Merchant of Four Seasons
Directs The Merchant of Four Seasons.
December
Assassination of Herbert Schoner
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
Assassination of Herbert Schoner
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
Assassination of Herbert Schoner
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
Other events (month unknown)
Departure
Leaves Kraftwerk and later becomes central to Neu and German experimental rock.
Gruppenbild mit Dame
Publication of Gruppenbild mit Dame
Kraftwerk
Briefly joins Kraftwerk before forming Neu with Klaus Dinger.
Manifesto
Writes the Red Army Faction manifesto, "The Urban Guerrilla Concept"
Manifesto
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
Nobel Prize
For normalizing relations with the Soviet union & Poland
President of PEN International
Böll became president of PEN International, advocating free literary expression.
Red Army
Writes the Red Army Faction manifesto, "The Urban Guerrilla Concept"
Red Army Faction
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
Red Army Faction
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
Red Army Faction
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
Return
Returns to Kraftwerk, restoring the Hutter and Schneider partnership.
Temporary Departure
Temporarily steps away during the unsettled early line-up period.
The Concept of the Urban Guerrilla
Ulrike Meinhof is put in charge of writing a manifesto of the group,"The Concept of the Urban Guerrilla," circulated by May
The Morals of Ruth Halbfass
Directs The Morals of Ruth Halbfass.
The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach
Directs The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach.
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