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Ulrike Meinhof

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Birth date

October 7, 1934

Birth place

Oldenburg, Germany

Death date

May 9, 1976

Biography

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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