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The Movement 2 June also known as the June 2 Movement, June 2nd Movement or J2M was a well known West German militant group based in West Berlin. The word militant has come to refer to any individual or party engaged in aggressive physical or verbal combat, normally for a cause. ... Boroughs of West Berlin West Berlin was the name given to the western part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. ...


Named after the date on which Benno Ohnesorg was killed, the group mostly bombed property in Berlin. The most significant operation of the group was when they successfully kidnapped Peter Lorenz in 1975. Lorenz was the CDU candidate for mayor in Berlin. The kidnappers managed to free four of their imprisoned comrades, who were flown to South Yemen. Lorenz was returned unharmed the next day. Benno Ohnesorg (October 15, 1940 - June 2, 1967) was a German university student killed by a police officer on June 2, 1967, during a demonstration in Berlin against the visit of the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, to Germany. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... This article needs cleanup. ... National motto: ??? Official language Arabic Capital Aden Area 287,680 km² Population  - Total (1973)  - Density 1,590,275 5. ...


Movement 2 June was allied with the Red Army Faction (referred to by the German media as the Baader-Meinhof Gang after the two founding members), but was much more anarchist in nature than the Marxist group. In the early eighties, the movement disbanded. Many members then joined the Baader-Meinhof Gang. RAF Logo with red star and MP5 The Red Army Faction (in German: Rote Armee Fraktion; RAF), was postwar Western Germanys most active left-wing insurgent organization. ... RAF Logo The Red Army Faction (in German: Rote Armee Fraktion; RAF), also known as the Baader-Meinhof Gang, was postwar Germanys most active radical leftist paramilitary group, which is widely regarded as a terrorist organization. ... Marxism is the philosophy, social theory and political practice based on the works of Karl Marx, a 19th century German socialist philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary. ... RAF Logo The Red Army Faction (in German: Rote Armee Fraktion; RAF), also known as the Baader-Meinhof Gang, was postwar Germanys most active radical leftist paramilitary group, which is widely regarded as a terrorist organization. ...


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Movement 2 June achieved its greatest "victory" in 1975 when it kidnapped Peter Lorenz, the CDU candidate for Berlin mayor in the upcoming election.
Movement 2 June was loosely connected to the Baader-Meinhof Gang, but more often than not, the two groups feuded.
Movement 2 June disbanded early in the 1980s, with many of its members joining the Red Army Faction (the self-chosen name for the Baader-Meinhof Gang).
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