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Gudrun Ensslin
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Bartholomä, Germany
Gudrun Ensslin was a founder of the West German far-left militant group Red Army Faction (Rote Armee Fraktion, or RAF, also known as the Baader-Meinhof Gang).
Known for
- A German Youth — Self (archive footage)2015
- The History of the RAF — Self (Archive footage)2015
- International Terrorism Since 1945 — Self (archive footage)2009
- The RAF: The Red Army Fraction — Self (archive footage)2007
- Andreas Baader - Das Leben eines Staatsfeindes2002
- The Age of Terror — Self2002
- De qui dépend que l’oppression demeure ? — Self1975
- Die wilden Tiere1969
- Gudrun Ensslin - the early years1968
- Das Abonnement — Rosa1967
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1940-08-15 ) 15 August 1940, Bartholomä , Germany
- Died
- 18 October 1977 (1977-10-18) (aged 37), Stuttgart , West Germany
- Education
- Free University of Berlin
- Organization
- Red Army Faction
- Spouse
- Bernward Vesper
- Children
- Felix Ensslin
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gudrun
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- West Germany
- Place of birth
- Bartholomä
- Place of death
- Stuttgart
- Occupation
- terrorist
- Educated at
- Freie Universität Berlin
- Languages spoken
- German
- Field of work
- terrorist attack
- Image
- Das Abonnement - A film by Ali Limonadi 1 (cropped).png
- Work location
- Stuttgart
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- date of birth
- 1940-08-15
- date of death
- 1977-10-18
- manner of death
- Suicide
- cause of death
- hanging to death
- member of
- Red Army Faction
- name in native language
- Gudrun Ensslin
- place of detention
- Stammheim Prison
- Commons category
- Gudrun Ensslin
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- Angelo Genocchi
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Encyclopedic overview
Gudrun Ensslin ( German: [ˈɡuːdʁuːn ˈɛnsliːn]; 15 August 1940 – 18 October 1977) was a German far-left terrorist and founder of the West German far-left militant group Red Army Faction (Rote Armee Fraktion, or RAF, also known as the Baader-Meinhof Gang).
After becoming involved with co-founder Andreas Baader, Ensslin was influential in the development of his political beliefs. Ensslin was perhaps the intellectual head of the RAF. She was involved in five bomb attacks, with four deaths, was arrested in 1972 and died on 18 October 1977 in what has been called Stammheim Prison's "Death Night".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gudrun Ensslin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.