Brigitte Heinrich was a German journalist and a Green party politician.
13 Facts About Brigitte Heinrich
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Brigitte Heinrich vehemently protested her innocence and some months later became seriously ill.
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Brigitte Heinrich was released "for reasons of health" before the prosecuting authorities had completed their work on her case.
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Brigitte Heinrich returned to Frankfurt University where for several years she combined with her other work the presidency of the student parliament.
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Brigitte Heinrich received a 21 month prison sentence "for weapons smuggling".
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Possibly on account of her excellent media contacts, and the widespread belief on the radical left that prison conditions for West German "political prisoners" were exceptionally grim, Brigitte Heinrich's imprisonment became something of a 'cause celebre'.
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Brigitte Heinrich's sentence was completed at the end of 1983, and she accepted the offer of a place on the party list of the Green Party for the European parliamentary election in June 1984.
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Brigitte Heinrich died as the result of a heart attack two days before the end of the year.
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Brigitte Heinrich's funeral took place on 6 January 1988 in the principal chamber of the Frankfurt Main Cemetery and was attended by members and representatives from a range of left-wing groups from many countries.
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Brigitte Heinrich was identified in Stasi records under the code names "IM Taler" and, after 1983 as "Beate Schafer".
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Brigitte Heinrich worked for Hauptabteilung XXII which concerned itself with "observing" terrorism in West Germany.
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Brigitte Heinrich was instructed to raise her profile in the Green Party and in the increasingly important "peace movement".
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Brigitte Heinrich had attended at least eight meetings with senior HVA officers.