Meinhof, Ulrike
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Birthname | Ulrike Marie Meinhof | ||||
born on | 7 October 1934 at 05:30 (= 05:30 AM ) | ||||
Place | Oldenburg, Germany, 53n08, 8e13 | ||||
Timezone | MET h1e (is standard time) | ||||
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Biography
German journalist, left-wing activist and author, later part of the Baader/Meinhof group, who used terrorism as a form of political protest.
Meinhof's father died when in 1940 and her mother in 1948. She was raised by a caring foster-mother. Smart and a natural leader, she married Klaus Röhl in 1961, a columnist and editor in chief of the local paper. They had twin daughters on 21 September 1962. Meinhof became an author, a TV and radio playwright and a talk-show personality.
In 1969, she met Andreas Baader and they teamed up to form the Baader-Meinhof gang, calling themselves RAF (Red Army Faction). They began a series of efficient bank robberies in Berlin in January 1971 and the killing began with their shooting of a cop in October, with a second cop killed on 22 December 1971. Building up an arsenal of guns and explosives, Baader led the gang in planting bombs in an army headquarters on 11 May 1972. The explosion killed one and wounded 13.
The "People's War" continued with a series of bombings until a secret tip led to the police's discovery of their bomb factory-HQ. They shut themselves in the garage while the police bombarded them with tear-gas grenades, all shown on live German TV. When Baader was captured, they gave up and were all apprehended, Meinhof on 15 June 1972.
The trial began on 21 May 1975 of Baader, Meinhof, Ensslin and Raspe, with charges that covered 350 pages. While in prison, Meinhof tore the prison towels into strips and hanged herself on 9 May 1976.
Her daughter Bettina Röhl (born 21 September 1962) published the book 'Die RAF hat euch lieb' (The RAF loves you) in 2018 where she analyzed her and her twin sister's childhood experiences critically.
Relationships
- associate relationship with Baader, Andreas (born 6 May 1943). Notes: Members of the Red Army Faction
- associate relationship with Ensslin, Gudrun (born 15 August 1940). Notes: Members of the Red Army Faction
- associate relationship with Raspe, Jan-Carl (born 24 July 1944). Notes: Members of the Red Army Faction
Events
- Death of Father 1940
- Death of Mother 1948
- Relationship : Marriage 1961 (Klaus Rohl)
- Family : Change in family responsibilities 1962 (Birth of twins)
- Relationship : Meet a significant person 1969 (Andreas Baader)
Source Notes
Cirkels quotes Roland Hepp archives from German information
Categories
- Family : Childhood : Adopted (Raised by foster mother)
- Family : Childhood : Family traumatic event (Both parents died before she was 15)
- Family : Parenting : Birthing - Twins, triplets, etc. (Twins)
- Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3 (Two)
- Lifestyle : Social Life : Friends (Andreas Baader and gang)
- Passions : Criminal Perpetrator : Homicide involvement
- Passions : Criminal Perpetrator : Kidnapper
- Passions : Criminal Perpetrator : Terrorist (Baader-Meihof gang)
- Passions : Criminal Perpetrator : Thief/ Financial crime (Bank robber)
- Personal : Death : Suicide (Age 42)
- Vocation : Entertainment : TV host/ Personality (Talk show personality)
- Vocation : Writers : Playwright/ script (TV and radio)
- Notable : Book Collection : Crime Collection
- 1934 births
- Birthday 7 October
- Birthplace Oldenburg, GER
- Sun 13 Libra
- Moon 26 Virgo
- Asc 0 Libra
- 1976 deaths
- Family : Childhood : Adopted
- Family : Childhood : Family traumatic event
- Family : Parenting : Birthing - Twins, triplets, etc.
- Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3
- Lifestyle : Social Life : Friends
- Passions : Criminal Perpetrator : Homicide involvement
- Passions : Criminal Perpetrator : Kidnapper
- Passions : Criminal Perpetrator : Terrorist
- Passions : Criminal Perpetrator : Thief/ Financial crime
- Personal : Death : Suicide
- Vocation : Entertainment : TV host/ Personality
- Vocation : Writers : Playwright/ script
- Notable : Book Collection : Crime Collection