Author: Jugendzentrum Kreuzberg, publishers:
Title: Kämpfen, leben, lernen / Georg v. Rauch-Haus
Description: Berlin, Jugendzentrum Kreuzberg, Dezember 1972. 3. Auflage, orig. wrappers. 21x14cm, 259,(7) pages. Dritte erweiterte Auflage. Numerous illustrations. Essays by the squatters of the George von Rauch House.. Minor wear. Good. ¶ ["Georg von Rauch (1947-1971) was a member of the left- radical Blues- Scene in West-Berlin at the end of the 1960s during the German student movement...With the example of the Tupamaros in Uruguay, a group of urban guerrillas was founded, the West Berlin Tupamaros, which later became the Movement 2 June. Rauch was an active member and committed a series of serious crimes...von Rauch was caught in Berlin-Schöneberg by plainclothes policemen. A shootout ensued, during which von Rauch was mortally hit in the head. According to the police, the shootout was begun by von Rauch and his accomplices, which was questioned by left-wing supporters, who claimed that no gun had been found with him. In a later interview with Der Spiegel weekly news magazine, Michael Baumann (who was also on the scene) stated that both sides had started shooting simultaneously...Immediately after his death von Rauch was regarded as a martyr by supporters. The remaining members of his underground organisation founded the Movement 2 June, the anarchist counterpart of the Red Army Faction. The squatters of the Bethanien Hospital in Berlin- Kreuzberg renamed it to Georg-von-Rauch-Haus in his honour" - wikipedia].

Keywords: German Political History, West Germany, Youth Movement, Radicalism, Radical Politics, Squats, Squatters, ,