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Gudrun Ensslin

1940 - 1977

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Gudrun Ensslin (German: [ˈɡuːdʁuːn ˈɛnsliːn]; 15 August 1940 – 18 October 1977) was a German far-left terrorist and founder of the West German far-left militant group Red Army Faction (Rote Armee Fraktion, or RAF, also known as the Baader-Meinhof Gang). After becoming involved with co-founder Andreas Baader, Ensslin was influential in the development of his political beliefs. Ensslin was perhaps the intellectual head of the RAF. She 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". Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gudrun Ensslin is the 76th most popular extremist (down from 44th in 2019), the 1,339th most popular biography from Germany (down from 898th in 2019) and the 8th most popular German Extremist.

Gudrun Ensslin is most famous for being a member of the West German terrorist group, the Red Army Faction. She was born in 1944 and died in 1977.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Gudrun Ensslin ranks 76 out of 283. Before her are Boris Savinkov, Carlo Gambino, Jean II, Duke of Alençon, Sada Abe, Johnny Torrio, and Emperor Norton. After her are Axeman of New Orleans, George Jung, Taha Yassin Ramadan, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Barry Seal, and Abu Mohammad al-Julani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Gudrun Ensslin ranks 107. Before her are Joseph L. Goldstein, Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, Linda Gray, Richard Lynch, Mamnoon Hussain, and Phil Ochs. After her are Jean-Luc Nancy, Kenneth Clarke, Max Mosley, James Brolin, Sepp Piontek, and Katharine Ross. Among people deceased in 1977, Gudrun Ensslin ranks 49. Before her are Alia Al-Hussein, Shogo Kamo, Gangubai Kothewali, Naum Gabo, Stephen Boyd, and Kamal Jumblatt. After her are Sepp Herberger, Oskar Morgenstern, Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma, Hans Martin Sutermeister, Leopold Stokowski, and Jan Patočka.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gudrun Ensslin ranks 1,339 out of 7,253. Before her are Guillaume Henri Dufour (1787), Kurt Tucholsky (1890), Wilhelm von Biela (1782), Sebastian Münster (1488), Arnold Janssen (1837), and Walter Röhrl (1947). After her are Udo Dirkschneider (1952), Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt (1723), Heinrich Gustav Magnus (1802), Til Schweiger (1963), Viktor Lutze (1890), and Johann Matthäus Bechstein (1757).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Germany

Among extremists born in Germany, Gudrun Ensslin ranks 8. Before her are Ulrike Meinhof (1934), Otto Ohlendorf (1907), Andreas Baader (1943), Peter Kürten (1883), Friedrich Jeckeln (1895), and Fritz Haarmann (1879). After her are Fritz Honka (1935), Willi Herold (1925), Johann Rattenhuber (1897), Monika Ertl (1937), Armin Meiwes (1961), and Oskar Gröning (1921).

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