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Wolfgang Grams (March 6, 1953 - June 27, 1993) was a member of the terrorist group Red Army Faction. His death in a train station was a scandal that caused the end of the careers of several German Politicians. March 6 is the 65th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (66th in Leap years). ...
1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ...
June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 187 days remaining. ...
1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...
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. ...
His Life His parents, Werner and Ruth Grams, were refugees from the east. Werner volunteered for service in the Waffen-SS. Wolfgang was born in Wiesbaden, Germany, and also had a brother, Rainer. Waffen-SS recruitment poster; Volunteer to the Waffen-SS The Waffen-SS was the armed wing of the Schutzstaffel. ...
Wiesbaden is a city in central Germany. ...
In his younger years, his family lived near the Wiesbaden/Erbenheim Air Base, and he demonstrated against the Vietnam War. Combatants Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) United States of America South Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand the Philippines Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) National Liberation Front (Viet Cong) Commanders Strength ~1,200,000 (1968) ~420,000 (1968) Casualties South Vietnamese dead: 1,250,000+ US dead: 58,226 US...
While living in a commune, he was given the nickname Gaks. After the arrest of Andreas Baader and Gudrun Ensslin, he started visiting political prisoners in jail. He found the conditions of solitary confinement inhumane. His then girlfriend was Roswitha Beith. A Commune is a kind of intentional community where most resources are shared and there is little or no personal property. ...
Andreas Baader Andreas Baader (May 6, 1943 - October 18, 1977) was the first leader of the German revolutionary organization Red Army Faction, commonly known as the Baader-Meinhof gang. ...
Gudrun Ensslin Gudrun Ensslin (August 15, 1940 - October 18, 1977) was a founder of the German terrorist group Rote Armee Fraktion (RAF), better known as the Baader-Meinhof Gang. ...
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Wolfgang was jailed for 152 days without wrongdoing, but was given remuneration in 1980.
He then met Birgit Hogefeld, and they began dating and moved in together.
On February 15, 1987, the Tagesschau on ARD ran a bulletin for Grams and Hogefeld. He was described as 180 cm tall and with blue green eyes and a striking dark skin discoloration on his face. From that point on, he lived underground. Only in the Autumn of 1990 did he come home to meet with his parents in Taunus. February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The tagesschau (view of the Day) is a news show which is broadcast several times every day on German language television stations. ...
Current logo The Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Cooperative association of public-law broadcasting institutions of the Federal Republic of Germany), or simply ARD, is a joint organization of Germanys regional public broadcasting agencies. ...
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For the Tpoop automobile, see Ford Taunus. ...
His death in Bad Kleinen On June 27, 1993, members of the GSG 9 were to arrest Grams and Hogefeld at the train station in Bad Kleinen. During the process of the arrest, he managed to pull a gun and shoot two officers, succeeding in killing one, Michael Newrzella. According to the official story, he then proceeded to commit suicide. Officers were quoted as saying they saw Grams "suddenly fall backward" off of the station platform and onto the track. As Grams lay dying on the ties, medical personnel attempted to save him, but he died from a headwound while on the train tracks. June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 187 days remaining. ...
1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...
Grenzschutzgruppe 9 (GSG 9 - Border protection group 9) is a German counter-terrorism unit, and is considered to be among the best of such units in the world. ...
There are a number of discrepancies in the official version of the story which are explained by recreating the occurrence as an execution style murder by the police. Two people from the train station witnessed the execution.
- "Two policemen walked up to Grams, who was lying motionless. One bent over and shot him several times from close up. Then the second officer shot at Grams, but more at his stomach and legs. He shot several times."
Interior Minister Rudolf Seiters took responsibility and resigned in July of the year, as well as Chief Federal Prosecuter, Alexander von Stahl. Helmut Kohl paid a visit to the unit, praising Newrzella and discouraged "attempts to make a martyr of his murderer." Dr. Helmut Kohl (full name Helmut Josef Michael Kohl) (born April 3, 1930) is a German conservative politician and statesman. ...
External influence Grams was portrayed in the documentary "Black Box BRD."
The punk rock band WIZO wrote a song about the incident entitled "Kopfschuß." Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ...
WIZO (pronounced Vee-tsoh) is a Punk Rock band from Sindelfingen, Germany. ...
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