Ingeborg Barz
Ingeborg Barz (1948–1972?) was a German militant who co-founded the Red Army Faction (RAF). She carried out bank robberies in Kaiserslautern and Ludwigshafen, then disappeared. It is alleged that she was shot by Andreas Baader because she wanted to leave the RAF, but conclusive evidence of her death has not been found.
Militance
Barz was born in 1948.
On December 22, 1971 Barz, Grundmann and
Death
On February 21, 1972, the day upon which the RAF carried out a robbery at another branch of the Bayerische Hypotheken- und Wechsel-Bank in Ludwigshafen, Barz called her mother and said that she wanted to leave the group. Barz was never seen again and there are various theories concerning her death.[2] Gerhard Müller, a militant turned police informer, alleged that Barz had been murdered, but when he took police officers to look for her body, no remains were found.[1] The author Jillian Becker writes that Barz was shot dead by Andreas Baader after being summoned to a meeting to explain why she wanted to leave the RAF.[2] Other RAF members such as Brigitte Mohnhaupt denied that Barz had been eliminated and Gudrun Ensslin maintained that she could prove otherwise if she wanted to do so.[2][1] Bommi Baumann suggested to the Stasi that Barz had been an undercover agent.[5]
In March 1972, Grundmann and
Notes
- ^ a b c d Moncourt & Smith (2009).
- ^ a b c d e Becker (1978), p. 240.
- ^ Becker (1978), p. 236.
- ^ Becker (1978), pp. 239, 240.
- ^ Kraushaar (2010), pp. 37, 38.
- ^ Becker (1978), pp. 240, 241.
- ^ ""Wen suchen wir denn eigentlich?"". Der Spiegel (in German). 6 November 1977. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ "Meßpunkte auf der Nase". Der Spiegel (in German). 3 August 1975. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
Sources
- Becker, Jillian (1978). Hitler's children: The story of the Baader-Meinhof terrorist gang (3 ed.). London: Joseph. ISBN 0-7181-1582-1.
- Kraushaar, Wolfgang (2010). Verena Becker und der Verfassungsschutz (1 ed.). Hamburg: Hamburger Edition. ISBN 978-3-86854-227-1.
- Moncourt, André; Smith, J. (2009). The Red Army Faction. Volume 1: Projectiles for the people. Montreal, Quebec: Kersplebedeb. ISBN 978-1-60486-029-0.