Gudrun Ensslin | |
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 Ensslin in a scene from Das Abonnement in 1967 | |
| Born | 15 August 1940 |
| Died | 18 October 1977 (aged 37) |
| Burial place | Dornhalden Cemetery, Stuttgart, West Germany |
| Education | Free University of Berlin |
| Organization | Red Army Faction |
| Spouse | Bernward Vesper |
| Children | Felix Ensslin |
Gudrun Ensslin (German: [ˈɡuːdʁuːn ˈɛnsliːn]; 15 August 1940 – 18 October 1977)[1] was a German far-left terrorist[2] 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 politicization of his anarchist 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".[3]
- ^ "Baader, Andreas, Ulrike Meinhof, Gudrun Ensslin, Holger Meins, Jan Carl Rasp".
- ^ NDR. "7. Juni 1972: RAF-Terroristin Ensslin wird gefasst". www.ndr.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-11-12.
- ^ Lawton, Ben; Coda, Elena (2016). Re-Visioning Terrorism: A Humanistic Perspective. West Lafayette, Indiana: Purdue University Press. p. 247. ISBN 978-1-61249-444-9.