1. Gudrun Ensslin was involved in five bomb attacks, with four deaths, was arrested in 1972 and died on 18 October 1977 in what has been called Stammheim Prison's "Death Night".
18 Facts About Gudrun Ensslin
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Gudrun Ensslin was the fourth of seven children, and grew up in Bad Cannstatt, Baden-Wurttemberg, Stuttgart, where her father Helmut Gudrun Ensslin was a pastor of the Evangelical Church.
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Gudrun Ensslin was a well-behaved child who did well at school and enjoyed working with the Protestant Girl Scouts, and doing parish work such as organizing Bible studies.
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At the age of eighteen, Gudrun Ensslin spent a year in the United States, where she attended high school in Warren, Pennsylvania.
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Gudrun Ensslin graduated in the honors group at the high school in 1959.
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In 1963 and 1964, Gudrun Ensslin earned her elementary school teacher's diploma.
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In May 1967, Gudrun Ensslin gave birth to their son Felix Gudrun Ensslin.
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In July or August 1967, Gudrun Ensslin met Andreas Baader and they soon began a love affair.
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In February 1968, Gudrun Ensslin broke up with Vesper by phone, informing him that the relationship was already finished before Felix was born.
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An artifact from this time is an experimental film Gudrun Ensslin participated in entitled Das Abonnement.
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In June 1967, Gudrun Ensslin participated in political protests against the Shah of Iran during his visit to Germany.
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Gudrun Ensslin had left Vesper and her child for good early in 1968 and now she, Baader and Thorwald Proll decided to escalate their fight against the system.
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Gudrun Ensslin became one of the most wanted people in Germany.
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Gudrun Ensslin was arrested in a boutique on 7 June 1972 in Hamburg.
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Gudrun Ensslin recovered from her wounds and has since stated that the deaths were not suicides but extrajudicial killings undertaken by the government of the time, a claim strongly denied by the governments former and present.
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On 27 October 1977, Gudrun Ensslin was buried in a common grave with Baader and Raspe in the Dornhalden Cemetery in Stuttgart.
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In 2008, Gudrun Ensslin was portrayed by Johanna Wokalek in Uli Edel's The Baader Meinhof Complex, an adaptation of the non-fiction book of the same name by Stefan Aust.
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Gudrun Ensslin appears as a character in Elfriede Jelinek's play Ulrike Maria Stuart.