Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Meinhof, Ulrike

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On demand of Meinhof's attorney Klaus Croissant and the International Committee for Political Prisoners an international investigation commission was created in order to examine the conditions surrounding Meinhof's death. The German authorities refused to give the complete (first) autopsy report to the commission, hindering their investigation. In 1978 the committee published its report, concluding that: "The formal claim that Ulrike Meinhof committed suicide by hanging is unfounded, given the fact that the investigation results reasonably converge to the conclusion that she could not hang herself. Most probably Ulrike Meinhof was already dead before she was hanged and there are warning signs indicating the involvement of a third party regarding her death."
(9 May 1976)

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		Journalist and leader of the Rote Armee Fraktion Ulrike Marie Meinhof 7 October 1934 (+) is born in Oldenburg, Germany. 21 September 1962 (x) gives birth to twins Regine and Bettina by Cesarian after 6 months of pregnancy in Hamburg, Germany. 14 May 1970 (x) assists with Gudrun Ensslin in the escape of Andreas Baader in Berlin, Germany. 31 May 1972 (x) In a taped speech Meinhof calls up students to take up arms and fight the system in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. 15 June 1972 (x) is arrested in Langenhagen, Germany. 20 September 1972 (x) is transferred from Ossendorf Prison to take part in an identification line-up in Zweibrücken, Germany. 27 April 1974 (x) is transferred from Stammheim prison for the trial considering her part in the escape of Andreas Baader in 1970 in Berlin, Germany. 10 September 1974 (x) Start of the trial against Meinhof considering her part in the escape of Andreas Baader in 1970 in Berlin, Germany. 29 November 1974 (x) is sentenced to 8 years imprisonment for taking part in the escape of Andreas Baader in 1970 in Berlin, Germany. 9 May 1976 (-) commits suicide by hanging with a towel in Stuttgart, Germany. 15 May 1976 (x) is buried in Berlin, Germany.
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