Ulrike Meinhof
Disclaimer
I, Marcia C. Schenck, used Stefan Aust’s “Der Baader-Meinhof Komplex“ (1998) and the English translation of Anthea Bell “Baader-Meinhof Group” (1987) as my main references. By clicking on the respective image, you will be directed to the location of the original.
Books
The most comprehensive book centered on the history and analysis of the Red Army Faction was written by Stephan Aust in 1985. The author worked with Ulrike Meinhof together at the magazine konkret from 1966 to 1969. He followed her development from protest to resistance and ultimately to terrorism while working for konkret and the NDR (North German Broadcasting Agency). He has written TV documentaries as well as books and is the founder of the popular Spiegel TV. Today, he is the editor-in-chief of one of Germany’s most renowned magazines Der Spiegel since 1994.
Aust, Stephan, 1985. Der Baader Meinhof Komplex. Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg.
English version:
Aust, Stefan translated by Anthea Bell 1987. Baader-Meinhof Group.
The Inside Story of a
Phenomenon. Butler & Tanner ltd, Frome and London.
The revised and updated version from 1998 is available in German.
Aust, Stefan, 1998. Der Baader Meinhof Komplex. Spiegel Buch.
Giles, Steve & Oergel, Meike (EDS), 2003. Counter-Cultures in Germany and Central Europe. From Sturm und Drang to Baader-Meinhof. Perter Lang.
Varon, Heremy, 2004. Bringing the War Home: The Weather underground,
the Red Army
Faction, and Revolutionary Violence in the Sixties and Seventies. University
of
California Press.
Ulrike Meinhof:
The crime library has written a quite detailed biography of her life:
http://www.crimelibrary.com/terrorists_spies/terrorists/meinhof/9.html
Biography:
http://www.baader-meinhof.com/who/terrorists/bmgang/meinhofulrike.html
The Red Army Faction:
This is a wonderful webpage providing much detailed information. It
was referred to as “one of the most complete accounts of postwar
Germany’s own agents of terror” by USA today.
http://www.baader-meinhof.com
I recommend the subsection titled “For Students and Researchers” because
it provides information in German and English, print and multimedia
sources, communiqués and statements, and answers questions in
a Q&A section.
http://www.baader-meinhof.com/students/index.htm
The subsection timeline provides detailed information beyond the timeframe
that I investigate on this webpage.
http://www.baader-meinhof.com/timeline/index.htm
For everybody who is looking for a short overview about the RAF, MIPT
Terrorism Knowledge Base is a good address.
http://www.tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=164
The Crimelibrary gives more information, but still very comprised.
http://www.crimelibrary.com/terrorists/baader/
Wikipedia also gives a structured overview over the RAF that is suitable
to gain general idea about the RAF.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Army_Faction
Interview with Ben Lewi’s, the director of the documentary Baader-Meinhof:
In love with terror.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/features/baader-meinhof.shtml
An article written for an anti-imperialist organization Arm The Spirit
in Spring 1994 about the RAF. It was never published but provides the
critical reader with some insight into the role the RAF played for
the international scene of sympathizers.
http://www.etext.org/Politics/Arm.The.Spirit/Guerrilla/Europe/Red.Army.Fraction/
An article dealing with the German Autumn of 1977.
http://www.germanculture.com.ua/library/weekly/aa060499.htm
This webpage is devoted to the German Student movement.
http://www.public.asu.edu/~dgilfill/dreamwork.html
Links in German:
German Historical Museum (Deutschen Historisches Museum http://www.dhm.de)
Biography of Andreas Baader
http://www.dhm.de/lemo/html/biografien/BaaderAndreas/
Biography of Ulrike Meinhof
http://www.dhm.de/lemo/html/biografien/MeinhofUlrike/index.html
Bettina Röhl, a freelance journalist (http://www.bettinaroehl.de)
and daughter of Ulrike Meinhof is examining in how far the RAF terror
would have been possible without the media. She is also analyzing the
discussion about Ulrike Meinhof’s brain examination after her
death.
http://www.bettinaroehl.de/Mythos_RAF/Ulrike_Meinhof/body_ulrike_meinhof.html
This webpage is one of the most comprehensive internet resources on
the history of the RAF in German. It provides information about biographies,
commando groups, the victims, and the prisoners. It has an archive
and recommends literature and links. It also has a great picture collection
and a forum where you can engage in discussions with other people interested
in the matter.
http://www.rafinfo.de/index.php
GNN Gesellschaft für Nachrichtenerfassung und Nachrichtenverbreitung,
Verlagsgesellschaft Politische Berichte m.b.H. Ausgewählte Dokumente
der Zeitgeschichte: Bundesrepublik Deutschland (BRD) - Rote Armee Fraktion
(RAF).
http://www.nadir.org/nadir/archiv/PolitischeStroemungen/Stadtguerilla%2BRAF/RAF/brd%2Braf/000.html
Manifestos:
The concept urban guerilla (in German)
http://www.nadir.org/nadir/archiv/PolitischeStroemungen/Stadtguerilla%2BRAF/RAF/brd%2Braf/004.html
The Manifesto for Armed Action, Berlin 1970
http://home.att.net/~rw.rynerson/rafgrund.htm
Pictures:
This webpage has an outstanding, comprehensive picture gallery about
the RAF, totaling 448 pictures sorted by year and names.
http://www.rafinfo.de/bildsuche.php
Logo:
This is the site of the Heckler machine gun depicted on the logo.
http://www.hkdefense.us/pages/military-le/smg/mp5/mp5.html
More about the non-existent copyright of the RAF logo. The symbol
is an H&K Machine pistol overlaid on a star, with the letters "RAF" printed
over it.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Rote_armee_fraktion_logo.png
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