Ulrike Meinhof

Ulrike Meinhof

Birthday: 07 Oct 1934
Day of death: 09 May 1976
Birth place: Oldenburg, Germany
Bio:

Ulrike Marie Meinhof was a German left-wing militant. She co-founded the Red Army Faction in 1970 after having previously worked as a journalist for the monthly left-wing magazine konkret. She was arrested in 1972, and eventually charged with numerous murders and the formation of a criminal association. Before the trial concluded, Meinhof was found hanged in her prison cell in 1976.

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