Brigitte Asdonk

Brigitte Asdonk
Born(1947-10-25)25 October 1947
Kamp-Lintfort, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Died15 September 2025(2025-09-15) (aged 77)
EducationFree University of Berlin (Lic.)
OccupationPolitical activist

Brigitte Asdonk (25 October 1947 – 15 September 2025) was a German left-wing political activist.

Asdonk was a co-founder of the Red Army Faction and was arrested on 8 October 1970 alongside Horst Mahler, Ingrid Schubert, Irene Goergens, and Monika Berberich and sentenced to twelve years in prison for bank robbery.

Asdonk died on 15 September 2025, at the age of 77.

References

  1. ↑ "RAF-Mitbegründerin Brigitte Asdonk verstorben". Junge Welt (in German). 16 September 2025. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  2. ↑ Sontheimer, Michael (2 May 2010). "Die zweifelhaften Urteile der RAF-Tribunale". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  3. ↑ "Pressemitteilung junge Welt: RAF-Mitbegründerin Brigitte Asdonk verstorben". RedGlobe (in German). 16 September 2025. Retrieved 18 September 2025.