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10 Facts About Brigitte Mohnhaupt

1.

Brigitte Margret Ida Mohnhaupt was born on 24 June 1949 and is a German convicted former terrorist associated with the second generation of the Red Army Faction members.

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Brigitte Mohnhaupt was part of the Socialist Patients' Collective.

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Brigitte Mohnhaupt took her abitur in 1967 in Bruchsal, and later that year enrolled with the philosophy department at the University of Munich.

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Brigitte Mohnhaupt was reportedly influenced by Carlos Marighella's Manual of the Urban Guerilla.

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Brigitte Mohnhaupt was first a member of the Socialist Patients' Collective, known by its German acronym, SPK.

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Brigitte Mohnhaupt was detained and sentenced to life in prison with a minimum 24-year mandatory sentence by the appellate court of Stuttgart.

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Brigitte Mohnhaupt was given this sentence because of the significant role she played during the German Autumn and for her part in the attempted assassination of NATO General Kroesen.

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Brigitte Mohnhaupt's arrest was a massive blow to the RAF.

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Unlike other RAF members, Brigitte Mohnhaupt had never applied for clemency.

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Brigitte Mohnhaupt was released from Aichach prison on 25 March 2007.