Movement 2 June
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The Movement 2nd June (German: Bewegung 2. Juni) was a well known West German militant group based in West Berlin.
Named after the date on which Benno Ohnesorg was killed, the group mostly bombed property in Berlin. The most significant operation of the group was when they successfully 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 were flown to South Yemen. Lorenz was released the next day, dropped off with some small change so he could call a taxi.
Movement 2nd June was allied with the Red Army Faction (RAF) (referred to by the German media as the Baader-Meinhof Gang after the two founding members), but was ideologically anarchist as opposed to the Marxist RAF. In the early eighties, the movement disbanded. Many members then joined the RAF.
