Bommi Baumann
German militant (1947–2016)
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Key Takeaways
- Michael "Bommi" Baumann (August 25, 1947 – July 19, 2016) was a German author and former militant.
- After von Rauch was shot dead by the police and a bomb planted by Baumann killed a builder, Baumann fled abroad.
- The book sold 100,000 copies.
- Early life Michael Baumann was born on August 25, 1947, to an apolitical mother and a father who had been a Nazi.
- He trained as a construction worker.
Michael "Bommi" Baumann (August 25, 1947 – July 19, 2016) was a German author and former militant. After growing up in Berlin, he was radicalised by the police shooting of Benno Ohnesorg and founded the Movement 2 June with his best friend Georg von Rauch. After von Rauch was shot dead by the police and a bomb planted by Baumann killed a builder, Baumann fled abroad. Whilst on the run he wrote the memoir Wie alles anfing (How it All Began) and renounced political violence. The book sold 100,000 copies. Baumann was arrested in London in 1981 and following a prison term lived in Berlin.
Early life
Michael Baumann was born on August 25, 1947, to an apolitical mother and a father who had been a Nazi. The family lived first in Lichtenberg in the Soviet part of Berlin, then moved to the British zone when he was 12 years old. He trained as a construction worker. He later commented that he became dissatisfied with the mindless world of work and television he saw around him. In 1964, Baumann started to engage with the counterculture and to hang out at the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church where dropouts would drink wine and take the stimulant Captagon or the cough medicine Romilar for psychoactive effects. By 1966, people had begun to bring hashish back from Afghanistan and Morocco.
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