 |
Andrea WolfGerman revolutionary internationalist
Date of Birth: 15.01.1965
Country:  Germany |
Content:
Biography of Andrea Wolf
Andrea Wolf was a German revolutionary internationalist who played a significant role in the partisan struggle in Turkey and was a member of the armed wing of the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party. She completed her studies at a gymnasium and joined the youth organization of the German Communist Party and began participating in activities of the Red Cross. From the early 1980s, she actively engaged in public life and became acquainted with various left-radical organizations.
Involvement in Activism
Wolf's participation in a demonstration on April 4, 1981, led to her first arrest and detention for four days. Following this, she, along with her twin brother Tom, joined the autonomous movement "Freizeit 81" (Leisure 81). In October 1981, Andrea and Tom Wolf were arrested for their involvement in the arson of a Dresden Bank branch and graffiti in unauthorized places. They were sentenced to 18 months of imprisonment, of which they served approximately six months. In November 1984, Tom Wolf died after falling from a window, presumably by suicide.
Apart from regular participation in demonstrations against fascism and globalization, Andrea Wolf was involved in protests against the construction of a radioactive waste recycling plant in Wackersdorf. After the decline of the Munich autonomous movement in 1986, she moved to Frankfurt, where she squatted buildings and supported hunger strikes by women prisoners in Berlin. In September 1987, she was arrested again on charges of preparing several bombings, but was released two months later in the courtroom. Andrea Wolf joined the autonomous group "Kein Friede," which squatted buildings and carried out actions in solidarity with imprisoned members of the Red Army Faction.
The "Bloody Morning" in Krasnoturinsk
In addition to direct action campaigns, Wolf also engaged in theoretical work. In 1990, she delivered explanations on the class essence and real direction of paragraph 129a of Germany's anti-terrorism legislation and became the founder of a discussion forum against political arrests and detentions. In 1992, during protests against the G7 summit in Munich, Andrea Wolf established contact with left-radical organizations in Central America and Kurdistan. In 1993, Wolf traveled to El Salvador for several weeks, where she maintained contact with local rebels fighting against the military dictatorship. The following year, Andrea visited the United States and stayed in Guatemala, where their mother lived after the death of Tom Wolf.
Upon her return to Germany, Andrea Wolf once again attracted the close attention of investigative authorities. The police considered her involved in the bombing of the Weitershtadt prison by activists of the Red Army Faction. However, both Wolf and RAF members denied her involvement. But her acquaintance with Klaus Steinmetz allowed her political opponents to start a slander campaign against her. The situation became unbearable, and in the summer of 1995, when an arrest warrant was issued against her, Andrea Wolf immediately went underground and made her way to Kurdistan.
By the end of 1996, under the pseudonym "Ronah?" (Light), Wolf joined the Kurdistan Workers' Party. Within a few weeks, she underwent military training in the ranks of the People's Liberation Army of Kurdistan and began participating in operations against the Peshmerga of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and later against the Turkish army. On October 23, 1998, during a battle with the Turkish army, Andrea Wolf was captured and soon after killed.
