1972 May 19, 1972 Hamburg

Ulrike Meinhof, Siegfried Hausner, Klause Jünschke, and Ilse Stachowiak place six bombs in the Hamburg offices of the Springer Press. Three fail to explode, but the other three bombs blow up around 3:15 PM, injuring 17 people. “The 2 July Commando” claims responsibility.

Hamburg - Ulrike Meinhof leads a commando raid into the Hamburg printing offices of the hated Springer Press. These three bombs fail to explode, but three others are successful, and 17 people are injured.