List of Red Army Faction (Baader-Meinhof) assassinations

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This is a list of people assassinated by the West German left-wing terrorist group Red Army Faction or the Baader-Meinhof group.

TargetTitleDatePlaceCountry
Norbert Schmid [1] German police officer22 October 1971 Hamburg Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Herbert Schoner [2] German police officer22 December 1971 Kaiserslautern
Paul A. Bloomquist [3] US Army soldier11 May 1972 Frankfurt am Main
Gerta Buddenberg [4] (survived)spouse of Federal Judge16 May 1972 Karlsruhe
Ronald A. Woodward [5] US Army soldier24 May 1972 Heidelberg
Charles L. Peck [5] US Army soldier24 May 1972
Clyde R. Bonner [5] US Army soldier24 May 1972
Andreas von Mirbach [6] German military attaché 24 April 1975 Stockholm Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Heinz Hillegaart [6] German trade attaché 24 April 1975
Fritz SippeGerman police officer7 May 1976 Sprendlingen Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Siegfried Buback [7] Federal prosecutor7 April 1977 Karlsruhe
Jürgen Ponto [7] CEO of Dresdner Bank 30 July 1977 Oberursel
Heinz Marcisz [8] Schleyer's driver5 September 1977 Cologne
Roland Pieler [8] German police officer5 September 1977
Reinhold Brändle [9] German police officer5 September 1977
Helmut Ulmer [9] German police officer5 September 1977
Hanns Martin Schleyer [10] Chairman of the German Employers' Association 18 October 1977 Mulhouse Flag of France.svg  France
Arie Kranenburg [11] Dutch policeman22 September 1977 Utrecht Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Hans-Wilhelm Hansen [12] German police officer24 September 1978 Dortmund Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Dionysius de JongDutch custom official 1 November 1978 Kerkrade Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Johannes GoemannsDutch custom official 1 November 1978
Ernst Zimmerman [13] CEO of MTU Aero Engines 1 February 1985 Gauting Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Frank Scarton [14] US Airman8 August 1985 Rhein-Main Air Base
Edward Pimental [15] U.S. Army soldier8 August 1985 Wiesbaden
Becky Bristol [14] U.S. Army civilian employee8 August 1985 Rhein-Main Air Base
Karl Heinz Beckurts [16] Siemens manager9 July 1986 Straßlach
Eckhard Groppler [16] Beckurts's driver9 July 1986
Gerold Braunmühl [17] German senior diplomat10 October 1986 Bonn
Alfred Herrhausen [18] Chairman of Deutsche Bank 30 November 1989 Bad Homburg vor der Höhe
Detlev Karsten Rohwedder [19] Chief of the Treuhandanstalt 1 April 1991 Düsseldorf Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Michael Newrzella [20] German Federal Police officer27 June 1993 Bad Kleinen

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References

  1. ↑ "In Hamburg wurde der Polizist Norbert Schmid erschossen -- von Angehörigen der Baader-Meinhof-Gruppe?". Der Spiegel. 24 October 1971.(In German)
  2. ↑ "RAF-Terror in Kaiserslautern 40 Jahre nach Buback-Attentat". Der SWR.(In German)
  3. ↑ "Baader and 2 in West German Gang Sentenced to Life". The New York Times. 29 April 1977.
  4. ↑ "ATTENTATEFruchtbare Zeit". Der Spiegel. 21 May 1972.
  5. 1 2 3 "Als der RAF-Terror Heidelberg erreichte". Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung.
  6. 1 2 "1975: Baader-Meinhof blow up embassy". BBC On this day 1950-2005. 24 April 1975.
  7. 1 2 "Who were the Baader-Meinhof gang?". BBC News. 12 February 2007.
  8. 1 2 "Andreas Geyr war neun, als vor seiner Haustür Hanns-Martin Schleyer entführt wurde. Er sah Dinge, die er nicht hätte sehen dürfen Der Junge und die Mörder". Berliner Zeitung. 3 September 2007.
  9. 1 2 "Der Tag, an dem Schleyer entführt wurde". WeltN24. 10 August 2012.
  10. ↑ "1977: Kidnapped German found dead". BBC On this day 1950-2005. 19 October 1977.
  11. ↑ "Ex-RAF-terrorist heeft berouw om dood agent". Trouw. 27 August 2006.
  12. ↑ "TERRORISTENEtwas läuft". DER SPIEGEL. 9 September 1979.
  13. ↑ "TOP WEST GERMAN ARMS EXECUTIVE IS ASSASSINATED". The New York Times. 2 February 1985.
  14. 1 2 "CAR BOMB KILLS 2 ON A U.S. AIR BASE IN WEST GERMANY". The New York Times. 9 August 1985.
  15. ↑ "Red Army Murderer Is Paroled". The New York Sun.
  16. 1 2 ""Sollen die doch im Knast vergammeln"". Merkur.de. 9 May 2009.
  17. ↑ "Gerold von Braunmühl erschossen". Der Spiegel. 9 October 2007.(In German)
  18. ↑ "Deutsche Bank: From bombs and bravado to risks of a bailout". BBC News. 29 September 2016.
  19. ↑ "Red Army Faction Is Suspected in German Killing". The New York Times. 3 April 1991.
  20. ↑ Schrep, Bruno (10 October 1993). "Bad Kleinen Die verlorenen Söhne". Der Spiegel. (In German)
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