Ulrike Meinhof

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Ulrike Meinhof

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1934-10-07 -1976-05-09

Female

Oldenburg, Germany

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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.