|
|
| 1977 | Albrecht, Susanne Assassination |  |
| 28th April Oberursel Jrgen Ponto, Head of Dresdner Bank, is shot and killed in front of his house in Oberursel in a kidnapping that went wrong, those involved are Brigitte Mohnhaupt, Christian Klar, and Susanne Albrecht, the last bei |
| 1968 | Baader, Andraes Arrest | |
| The leader of a "Red Army faction", arrested & forcibly released by a Meinhof campaign |
| 4th April Berlin The leader of a "Red Army faction", arrested |
| 14th May Berlin Meinhof & Mahler shoot their way into the Social Affairs Institute & release Baader |
| June The leaders are arrested, after 6 murders, 50 attempted murders & numerous bank raids |
| Baader is arrested |
| 1970 | Baader, Andraes Baader Meinhof | |
| 14th May Berlin Foundation of the Baader-Meinhof Group |
| 1943 | Baader, Andraes Birth | |
| Birth of Andreas Baader |
| 1969 | Baader, Andraes Bombing of Berlin | |
| 12th Dec Berlin The Baader-Meinhog bomb Berlin |
| 1972 | Baader, Andraes Bombing of Frankfurt | |
| 11th May Frankfurt The Baader-Meinhof bomb a USAArmy base in Frankfurt killing 1 & injuring 14 |
| 1977 | Baader, Andraes Death | |
| 20th Oct Stammheim Death of Andreas Baader, suicide in gaol |
| 1968 | Baader, Andraes Frankfurt Arson | |
| 2nd April Frankfurt A group of terrorists set fire to a Frankfurt store in protest against consumerism |
| 1977 | Baader, Andraes Hostages | |
| Mogadishu An attempt to free Baader fails when commandoes free hostages at Mogadishu |
| 1970 | Baader, Andraes PLO | |
| Baader, Ensslin, Mahler, and Meinhof go to Jordan where they train for guerrilla warfare with the PLO |
| 1968 | Baader, Andraes Red Army Faction | |
| One of the founders of the Red Army Faction in protest against the consumer society |
| Begining of the "anti-imperialistic fight", with bank robberies to raise money and explosives, and arson attacks against U.S. military facilities, German police stations, and buildings of the Axel Springer press empire |
| The Red Army Faction is founded by Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, Horst Mahler, Ulrike Meinhof, Irmgard Mller and others |
| June After an intense manhunt, Baader, Ensslin, Meinhof, Holger Meins, and Jan-Carl Raspe are arrested |
| June Stuttgart The Read Army Faction members are jailed individually in solitary confinement in the newly constructed high security Stammheim Prison in the north of Stuttgart |
| 1977 | Baader, Andraes Sucide of Baader | |
| 20th Oct Stammheim Suicide, after failure of the Schleyer kidnapping & Mogadisu rescue attempt |
| 1970 | Baader, Andraes Terrorism | |
| 29th Sep Berlin 3 Berlin Banks are robbed on the same day |
| 29th Sep Berlin Over the next 3 yrs the Red Army Faction steals over DM1.5 |
| 1968 | Baader, Andraes Trial | |
| Jumps bail & goes underground & takes part in a 1969 bombing campaign |
| Sentenced to 3 yrs imprisonment |
| 21st May Opening day of the Stammheim trial of Baader, Ensslin, Meinhof, and Jan-Carl Raspe began, named after a city district of Stuttgart where it takes place |
| 28th April On the trial's 192nd day, the three remaining defendants are convicted of several murders, more attempted murders, and of forming a terrorist organization; they are sentenced to life imprisonment |
| 1977 | Buback, Siegfried Assassination | |
| 7th April Assassination of the federal prosecutor-general Siegfried Buback, claimed by the Ulrike Meinhof Commando, in revenge for the suicide of Ulrike Meinhof |
| 1972 | Ensslin, Gudrun Arrest | |
| June Stuttgart The Read Army Faction members are jailed individually in solitary confinement in the newly constructed high security Stammheim Prison in the north of Stuttgart |
| 1970 | Ensslin, Gudrun PLO | |
| Baader, Ensslin, Mahler, and Meinhof go to Jordan where they train for guerrilla warfare with the PLO |
| 1970 | Ensslin, Gudrun Red Army Faction | |
| Begining of the "anti-imperialistic fight", with bank robberies to raise money and explosives, and arson attacks against U.S. military facilities, German police stations, and buildings of the Axel Springer press empire |
| The Red Army Faction is founded by Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, Horst Mahler, Ulrike Meinhof, Irmgard Mller and others |
| June After an intense manhunt, Baader, Ensslin, Meinhof, Holger Meins, and Jan-Carl Raspe are arrested |
| June Stuttgart The Read Army Faction members are jailed individually in solitary confinement in the newly constructed high security Stammheim Prison in the north of Stuttgart |
| 1975 | Ensslin, Gudrun Trial | |
| 21st May Opening day of the Stammheim trial of Baader, Ensslin, Meinhof, and Jan-Carl Raspe began, named after a city district of Stuttgart where it takes place |
| 1968 | Esslin, Gudrun Arson | |
| 2nd April Frankfurt Member of group who set fire to a Frankfurt dept store in protest against consumerism |
| 1977 | Esslin, Gudrun Death | |
| 20th Oct Stammheim Death of Gudrun Esslin, commits suicide in Stammheim jail |
| 1972 | Grashof, Manfred Bombing of Karlsruhe | |
| 12th May Karlsruhe Bombing of the car of the Federal Judge Buddenberg |
| 1975 | Hillegaart, Heinz Assassination | |
| 24th April Stockholm Occupation of the West German embassy & murder of Andreas von Mirbach and Dr. Heinz Hillegaart |
| 1977 | Klar, Christian Assassination | |
| 28th April Oberursel Jrgen Ponto, Head of Dresdner Bank, is shot and killed in front of his house in Oberursel in a kidnapping that went wrong, those involved are Brigitte Mohnhaupt, Christian Klar, and Susanne Albrecht, the last bei |
| 1971 | Mahler, Horst Manifesto Baader Meinhof | |
| Writes the Red Army Faction manifesto, "The Urban Guerrilla Concept" |
| 1970 | Mahler, Horst Red Army Faction | |
| The Red Army Faction is founded by Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, Horst Mahler, Ulrike Meinhof, Irmgard Mller and others |
| 1968 | Mahler, Horst Trial | |
| Frankfurt Defends Baader at the Frankfurt arson trial |
| 1972 | Meinhof, Ulrike Arrest | |
| June Stuttgart The Read Army Faction members are jailed individually in solitary confinement in the newly constructed high security Stammheim Prison in the north of Stuttgart |
| 1976 | Meinhof, Ulrike Beider Meinhof Group | |
| 9th May Stuttgart An enquiry finds suicide the cause, extremists claim otherwise & make her a martyr |
| 9th May Stuttgart Death of Ulrike Meinhof. found dead in her cell |
| 1976 | Meinhof, Ulrike Death | |
| 21st May Death of Ulrike Meinhof, found dead in her cell, hanging from a rope made from jail towels, an investigation concludes that she had hanged herself, a result hotly contested at the time, spurring conspiracy theories |
| 1970 | Meinhof, Ulrike PLO | |
| Baader, Ensslin, Mahler, and Meinhof go to Jordan where they train for guerrilla warfare with the PLO |
| 1970 | Meinhof, Ulrike Red Army Faction | |
| Begining of the "anti-imperialistic fight", with bank robberies to raise money and explosives, and arson attacks against U.S. military facilities, German police stations, and buildings of the Axel Springer press empire |
| The Red Army Faction is founded by Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, Horst Mahler, Ulrike Meinhof, Irmgard Mller and others |
| June After an intense manhunt, Baader, Ensslin, Meinhof, Holger Meins, and Jan-Carl Raspe are arrested |
| June Stuttgart The Read Army Faction members are jailed individually in solitary confinement in the newly constructed high security Stammheim Prison in the north of Stuttgart |
| 1975 | Meinhof, Ulrike Trial | |
| 21st May Opening day of the Stammheim trial of Baader, Ensslin, Meinhof, and Jan-Carl Raspe began, named after a city district of Stuttgart where it takes place |
| 1974 | Meins, Holger Death | |
| 9th Nov Stuttgart Death of Holger Meins, dies of self-induced starvation |
| 1972 | Meins, Holger Red Army Faction | |
| June After an intense manhunt, Baader, Ensslin, Meinhof, Holger Meins, and Jan-Carl Raspe are arrested |
| 9th Nov Stuttgart Death of Holger Meins, dies of self-induced starvation |
| 1975 | Mirbach, Andreas von Assassination | |
| 24th April Stockholm Occupation of the West German embassy & murder of Andreas von Mirbach and Dr. Heinz Hillegaart |
| 1970 | Mller, Irmgard Red Army Faction | |
| The Red Army Faction is founded by Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, Horst Mahler, Ulrike Meinhof, Irmgard Mller and others |
| 1972 | Moeller, Irmgard Bombing of USAREUR HQ | |
| 24th May Bombing outside of Military Intelligence (G-2), Headquarters, U.S. Army in Europe (HQ USAREUR) at Campbell Barracks, claimed by the 15th July Commando (in honour of Petra Schelm), executed by Irmgard Moeller |
| 1977 | Mohnhaupt, Brigitte Assassination | |
| 28th April Oberursel Jrgen Ponto, Head of Dresdner Bank, is shot and killed in front of his house in Oberursel in a kidnapping that went wrong, those involved are Brigitte Mohnhaupt, Christian Klar, and Susanne Albrecht, the last bei |
| 1977 | Ponto, Jrgen Assassination | |
| 28th April Oberursel Jrgen Ponto, Head of Dresdner Bank, is shot and killed in front of his house in Oberursel in a kidnapping that went wrong, those involved are Brigitte Mohnhaupt, Christian Klar, and Susanne Albrecht, the last bei |
| 1972 | Raspe, Jan-Carl Red Army Faction | |
| June After an intense manhunt, Baader, Ensslin, Meinhof, Holger Meins, and Jan-Carl Raspe are arrested |
| 1975 | Raspe, Jan-Carl Trial | |
| 21st May Opening day of the Stammheim trial of Baader, Ensslin, Meinhof, and Jan-Carl Raspe began, named after a city district of Stuttgart where it takes place |
| 28th April On the trial's 192nd day, the three remaining defendants are convicted of several murders, more attempted murders, and of forming a terrorist organization; they are sentenced to life imprisonment |
| 1972 | Schelm, Petra Bombing of USAREUR HQ | |
| 24th May Bombing outside of Military Intelligence (G-2), Headquarters, U.S. Army in Europe (HQ USAREUR) at Campbell Barracks, claimed by the 15th July Commando (in honour of Petra Schelm), executed by Irmgard Moeller |
| 1977 | Schleyer, Hanns-Martin Assassination | |
| Cologne Hanns-Martin Schleyer, chairman of the German Employers' Organisation, is kidnapped and later shot |
| 1977 | Schleyer, Hanns-Martin Death | |
| Sep Cologne Death of Hans Martin Schleyer, assassinated by Baader-Meinhof |
| 1977 | Schleyer, Hanns-Martin Kidnap | |
| 9th Sep Cologne Kidnapped in Cologne with 3 of his bodyguards killed by Baader-Meinhof |
| 1972 | Stachowiak, Ilse Bombing of Axel Springer Verlag | |
| 19th May Bombing of the Axel Springer Verlag, Ilse Stachowiak is involved in the bombing |
| 1972 | Weissbecker, Tommy Bombing of Augsburg | |
| 12th May Augsburg Bombing of a police station in Augsburg and the Bavarian State Criminal Investigations Agency in Munich, claimed by Tommy Weissbecker |
| 1972 | Weissbecker, Tommy Bombing of Munich | |
| 12th May Munich Bombing of a police station in Augsburg and the Bavarian State Criminal Investigations Agency in Munich, claimed by Tommy Weissbecker |
