Stammheim 1975

In the organizer's words:

In Focus" series in the Baden-Württemberg Lounge

The "Baader-Meinhof Trial" in Stuttgart-Stammheim was one of the most spectacular criminal proceedings in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany. In May 1972, the terrorist group Red Army Faction (RAF) carried out bomb attacks in which four people died and many were injured. The trial of Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, Ulrike Meinhof and Jan-Carl Raspe began on May 21, 1975 in a specially constructed building next to Stammheim prison.

The exhibition in the Baden-Württemberg Lounge of the Haus der Geschichte marks the start of the new "In Focus" series. It brings the debates in the first Stammheim trial to life. Defense lawyers and defendants used the trial to spread their political ideas. The tape recordings from the courtroom reveal the lines of conflict across the judiciary and society. Visitors to the exhibition can take a seat on the orange-yellow bucket seats from the courtroom in front of the original judge's table and follow the exchanges during the trial.

On April 28, 1977, the Stuttgart Higher Regional Court sentenced the defendants to life imprisonment for murder, attempted murder and bomb attacks. All of the defendants took their own lives in prison.