Georg von Rauch explained

Georg von Rauch
Birth Date:12 May 1947
Birth Place:Marburg, West Germany
Death Place:Schöneberg, West Germany
Death Cause:Gunshot wounds
Organization:Movement 2 June

Georg von Rauch (12 May 1947 — 4 December 1971) was a member of the 1960s-70s German student movement.

He was part of the Movement 2 June[1] and a leader of the Tupamaros West-Berlin.[2]

In 1970 he was arrested for assaulting a journalist. He was convicted but succeeded in fleeing the courtroom after the verdict was announced.

In December 1971, von Rauch and Bommi Baumann were pulled over by a West Berlin police officer. Von Rauch opened fire and was killed in the ensuing shootout.[3]

The squat Georg-von-Rauch-Haus was founded shortly after his death and named in his honor.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Brown, Timothy Scott . West Germany and the Global Sixties: The Anti-Authoritarian Revolt, 1962–1978 . 2013-10-10 . Cambridge University Press . 978-1-107-47034-7 . en.
  2. Web site: Tupamaros West-Berlin Mapping Militant Organizations . 2023-09-01 . web.stanford.edu.
  3. Book: Rubin, Barry . Chronologies of Modern Terrorism . Rubin . Judith Colp . 2015-01-28 . Routledge . 978-1-317-47464-7 . en.