Ulrike meinhof biography definition

Biography of Ulrike Marie Meinhof

• Early Life and Education
Ulrike Marie Meinhof was born on October 7, 1934, in Oldenburg, Germany.

Her great-grandfather, Friedrich Meinhof, was a Lutheran pastor, and her grandfather was also a pastor. Her cousin, Karl Meinhof, was a missionary in Africa and a pioneer in German African studies. Ulrike's parents were historians and art historians.

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Her father, Werner Meinhof, was a member of the fascist "Union for the Struggle for German Culture" and joined the Nazi Party in 1933. Ulrike was left without a father at a young age when her father died in 1940. After her mother's death in 1948, she was placed under the care of Renata