2 June Movement

The Movement 2 June was the second most famous terrorist group in West-Germany. It was founded by former members of Kommune I and was based in West-Berlin.

Named after the date on which Benno Ohnesorg was killed, the group mostly bombed property in Berlin. The finest hour of the group must have been when they succesfully kidnapped Peter Lorenz in 1975. Lorenz was the CDU candidate for mayor in Berlin. The kidnappers managed to free four of their imprisoned comrades, who where flown to South Yemen. Lorenz was returned unharmed the next day.

Movement 2 June was allied with the Baader-Meinhof Gang, but was much more anarchist in nature than the Marxist group. In the early eighties, the movement disbanded itself. Many member then joined the Baader-Meinhof Gang.