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'''Rote Zora''' ({{lang-en|Red Zora}}, from the book ''Die Rote Zora und ihre Bande'' by [[Kurt Held]]) was a militant [[feminist]] group active in [[West Germany]] from 1974-95, known for a series of bombings. The gang bombed sex shops and firms it thought exploited women in the [[1970s|Seventies]] and [[1980s|Eighties]]. No one was harmed in the 45 attacks the organisation carried out between 1977 and 1995.<ref> The Independent, 17 April 2007, p.21 ''Germanys Red Zora' terrorist spared jail''. </ref> |
'''Rote Zora''' ({{lang-en|Red Zora}}, from the book ''Die Rote Zora und ihre Bande'' by [[Kurt Held]]) was a militant [[feminist]] group active in [[West Germany]] from 1974-95, known for a series of bombings. The gang bombed sex shops and firms it thought exploited women in the [[1970s|Seventies]] and [[1980s|Eighties]]. No one was harmed in the 45 attacks the organisation carried out between 1977 and 1995.<ref> The Independent, 17 April 2007, p.21 ''Germanys Red Zora' terrorist spared jail''. </ref> The movement took its name from a book of 1941 which tells the story of a red-haired Croatian girl called ''Red Zora'' who leads a gang of orphans committed to righting injustice. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Revision as of 20:14, 9 June 2012
| Rote Zora | |
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 Logo of the Rote Zora. | |
| Dates of operation | 1974 - 1995 |
| Motives | Armed resistance and proletarian revolution |
| Active regions | West Germany |
| Ideology | Feminism, New left |
| Major actions | Bombings |
| Status | Final action in 1995. |
Rote Zora (English: Red Zora, from the book Die Rote Zora und ihre Bande by Kurt Held) was a militant feminist group active in West Germany from 1974-95, known for a series of bombings. The gang bombed sex shops and firms it thought exploited women in the Seventies and Eighties. No one was harmed in the 45 attacks the organisation carried out between 1977 and 1995.[1] The movement took its name from a book of 1941 which tells the story of a red-haired Croatian girl called Red Zora who leads a gang of orphans committed to righting injustice.
History
Rote Zora started in 1974, when they bombed the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany in Karlsruhe to protest against the abortion law.[2]
In addition they bombed the Federal Doctor's Guild (in 1977),[2] numerous sex shops, the cars of landlords, the Siemens company, and the company Nixdorf Computer AG[3].
Rote Zora was a split from the organization Revolutionary Cells,[4] though some members continued to associate with both[5]. The group's last action was in 1995. In 2000, a documentary about the group (titled Die Rote Zora) was made by Oliver Tolmein.
In April 2007, former Rote Zora member Adrienne Gerhäuser stood trial for the attempted bombings of the Berlin Genetic Technical Institute in 1986, and a clothing factory in Bavaria in 1987,[6] receiving a suspended two-year sentence, the maximum she was eligible for.[7]
References
- ^ The Independent, 17 April 2007, p.21 Germanys Red Zora' terrorist spared jail.
- ^ a b Dark Star Collective, p.101
- ^ Arm the Spirit
- ^ Heitmeyer, p.371
- ^ http://www.spunk.org/texts/groups/anm/sp000268.txt
- ^ Infoshop News - Former Left-Wing Extremist Tried For Failed Attacks in 1980s
- ^ Radical Left-Wing Feminist Given Suspended Jail Term | Germany | Deutsche Welle | 16.04.2007
Sources
- Dark Star Collective, Quiet Rumours: An Anarcha-Feminist Reader, Oakland: AK Press, 2002, ISBN 1-902593-40-5.
- Heitmeyer, Wilhelm; Hagan, John. International Handbook of Violence Research, Springer, 2003, ISBN 1-4020-1466-X.
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