Suicide
Raspe learns of GSG 9s success on a smuggled transistor radio, and spent the next few hours talking to Baader, Ensslin, and Muller, who agreed to a suicide pact
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1977 in Germany — Page 2
Explore 61 historical events and records for Germany in 1977.
Historical records for Germany in 1977
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Suicide
Raspe learns of GSG 9s success on a smuggled transistor radio, and spent the next few hours talking to Baader, Ensslin, and Muller, who agreed to a suicide pact
Suicide
Raspe learns of GSG 9s success on a smuggled transistor radio, and spent the next few hours talking to Baader, Ensslin, and Muller, who agreed to a suicide pact
Death of Andraes Baader
Andreas Baader and Jan-Carl Raspe are found dead in their cells, having died from gunshot wounds, while Gudrun Ensslin is found hanging from a noose made from speaker wire
Death of Andraes Baader
Death of Andreas Baader, suicide in gaol
Death of Gudrun Ensslin
Andreas Baader and Jan-Carl Raspe are found dead in their cells, having died from gunshot wounds, while Gudrun Ensslin is found hanging from a noose made from speaker wire
Death of Gudrun Esslin
Death of Gudrun Esslin, commits suicide in Stammheim jail
Death of Jan-Carl Raspe
Andreas Baader and Jan-Carl Raspe are found dead in their cells, having died from gunshot wounds, while Gudrun Ensslin is found hanging from a noose made from speaker wire
Suicide
Suicide, after failure of the Schleyer kidnapping & Mogadisu rescue attempt. Death of Andreas Baader, suicide in gaol
Suicide
Death of Gudrun Esslin, commits suicide in Stammheim jail
Other events (month unknown)
Aesthetic Dimension Lectures
Marcuse refined his analysis of art's critical autonomy in talks and essays preceding his final major book.
Assassination of Hanns-Martin Schleyer
Hanns-Martin Schleyer, chairman of the German Employers Organisation, is kidnapped and later shot
Beckenbauer Joins Pelé at Cosmos
Beckenbauer joined the Cosmos and became Pelé's high-profile teammate as the American club won the NASL Soccer Bowl.
Bolwieser
Directs Bolwieser.
Death of Ludwig Erhard
Death of Ludwig Erhard
Death of Siegfried Buback
Death of Siegfried Buback
Debates on German Autumn
Böll's public commentary engaged with political polarization in West Germany.
Europe Endless
Creates Europe Endless as part of Kraftwerk's vision of modern European identity.
Hostages
An attempt to free Baader fails when commandoes free hostages at Mogadishu
Terrorism
Orders an attack of the plane which succeeds without loss of life. A Lufthansa airliner is hijacked by Palestinian terrorists
Trans-Europe Express
Contributes visual ideas and lyrics around the Trans-Europe Express concept.
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