{"id":146,"date":"2014-07-20T15:52:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-20T15:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jacobbr.com\/?p=146"},"modified":"2022-03-13T10:43:25","modified_gmt":"2022-03-13T10:43:25","slug":"eulogy-for-ulrike-meinhof-by-klaus-wagenbach-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jacobbr.com\/?p=146","title":{"rendered":"Eulogy for Ulrike Meinhof by Klaus Wagenbach &#8211; New Translation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This is a rough and ready, and perhaps too literal, translation of Wagenbach&rsquo;s eulogy for Meinhof, which I don&rsquo;t think has appeared before in English. It&rsquo;s not particularly pretty, nor such an important text, but I thought I&rsquo;d put it out there. The German was published in Peter Br\u00fcckner,\u00a0<\/em>Ulrike Marie Meinhof und die deutschen Verh\u00e4ltnisse<em>, (Berlin: Wagenbach, 1995), pp. 197-199. I include the German below for anyone who wants to offer corrections to the translation.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eulogy for Ulrike Meinhof<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>15.5.1976<\/p>\n<p>The present political situation in Germany ought to concern itself \u2013 so the official assertion goes \u2013 with the \u201cthreat to democracy from terrorist groups.\u201d Ulrike Meinhof was a symbol for these groups. It is therefore completely absurd that now the authorities act as though the death of Ulrike Meinhof has <em>nothing<\/em> to do with our situation.<\/p>\n<p>Those in official positions want to try to prove that the death of Ulrike Meinhof was a \u2018suicide\u2019. They will therefore not do away with our german situation: a servere \u2018emergency law\u2019 created in 1968, long before any \u2018terrorist groups\u2019 existed; an even longer standing prohibition on the Communist Party, and the prosecutions related to this ban; the recent act of protection of civil servants from leftists of any sort; and finally the first few weeks of the law against \u201cthe endorsement of violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What Ulrike Meinhof had slain were the german conditions. The extremism of whose who describe everything as extremist, which could only be brought into question by the transformation of these conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Ulrike Meinhof, born in the middle of the thirties, was old enough to still perceive the sensuous forms of appearance of Nazism. In the fifties she grew up with Renate Riemeck, an antifascist, who worked for the \u2018peace moment\u2019, an organisation that sought to prevent the rearmament. At that time the Social Democrats were also against rearmament. Today \u2013 with a \u00a0Social Democratic Minister of Defence in place \u2013 they may be equally unwilling to remember this as they are to remember their first post-war programme. As the German armed forces became widely accepted, the campaign against rearmament was replaced with the \u201ccampaign against nuclear weapons\u201d, \u00a0in which the social democrats were also involved from the outset. Only in the second half of the fifties did the practical split within the left take place: the Social Democrats left the \u201ccampaign\u201d and took a course towards NATO and the Godesberger Programme<\/p>\n<p>These were the first political experiences of Ulrike Meinhof. In the following decade \u2013 from the middle of the fifties through to the middle of the sixties \u2013 Ulrike Meinhof would become, within a few years, the most eminent left journalist in the Bundesrepublik. <em>She<\/em> was the one who most clearly formulated the disappointments of the reactionary development of social democracy. She struggled against the war in Algeria, against the emergency laws, and against the \u2018grand coalition.\u2019 She agitated for the end of the in Vietnam War and for a different \u2018eastern politics\u2019 [Ostpolitik]. She dedicated herself finally to two fundamental questions of Marxism: the analysis of class, and the question of revolutionary violence:<\/p>\n<p>Who belongs to the exploited and oppressed class? And consequently, how is the emancipation of this class to take place? Her consideration of these questions eminated from those affected, from real misery, not from theoretical distance. \u00a0They came from the marginalised groups who with these questions came into view: the encarcerated, those in care, runaways, and crazies. Ulrike Meinhof perceived something very early on, which today we are only beginning to conceive: the psychical costs of capitalism, <em>inner<\/em> immiseration.<\/p>\n<p>Ulrike Meinhof reported for many years on prisons and care homes, she worked in neighbourhoods, and she was an observer of trials. In 1970 she joined the underground and propagated the armed struggle for the transformation of conditions.<\/p>\n<p>This decision also had everything to do with our conditions: the police had by this point \u2013 1970 \u2013 shot the first protestors; the struggle against the emergency laws was futile; the terror bombing in Vietnam was at its peak; and political critique in the media had become ever more stringently censored.<\/p>\n<p>We have all experienced the furious rage of the state authorities against the \u201cRed Army Faction\u201d. The \u201cBaader-Meinhof Gang\u201d were described as \u2018public enemy number 1.\u2019 Many boroughs were cordoned off, thousands of people were surveilled day and night by the \u2018state security forces,\u2019 hundreds of homes were searched \u2013 in the end the police would not even make the effort to ring the bell or to show a search warrant: they would simply enter and take all the occupants and their papers with them. And finally: during the two-year manhunt, the police killed more people than the five who were assassinated by the \u201cRed Army Faction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We have experienced how the political intention of the assassinations was denied, and further how the \u2018criminals\u2019 were hunted, although already the magnitude of these manhunts disproved this justification. We have experienced how the manifestos of the group were suppressed. We have finally experienced how the trial against Ulrike Meinhof was prosecuted.<\/p>\n<p>Ulrike Meinhof was one of the clearest critics of capitalism in the Bundesrepublik. Those who criticise her deeds as \u2018anarchist\u2019 are almost invariably those who in the previous years she, as a critic, had opposed and ridiculed.<\/p>\n<p>We do not want to forget that. They are <em>our<\/em> conditions, that we do not want to forget. Ulrike Meinhof died on May 8. On this day, 31 years earlier, the war was over. On this day, the Christian Democrats opened their Bundestag election campaign with the slogan \u201cFreedom or socialism\u201d! We say, with Rosa Luxemburg and Ulrike Meinhof: \u201cFreedom and socialism!\u201d And for those of us, to whom the decisiveness and severity of Ulrike Meinhof are perhaps too remote, we remember the two lines by Bert Brecht: \u201cOh we \/ who wanted to ready the ground for kindness \/ could not ourselves be kind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grabrede f\u00fcr Ulrike Meinhof<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>15.5.1976<\/p>\n<p>Der jetzige politische Zustand in Deutschland soll zu tun haben \u2013 so die offizielle These \u2013 mit der \u00bbBedrohung der Demokratie durch terroristische Gruppen\u00ab. F\u00fcr diese Gruppen war Ulrike Meinhof das Symbol. Es ist deswegen vollkommen absurd, wenn jetzt die Staatsgewalt so tut, als habe der Tod von Ulrike Meinhof <em>nichts<\/em> mit unsern Zust\u00e4nden zu tun.<\/p>\n<p>Die Offiziellen Stellen m\u00f6gen nachzuweisen versuchen, da\u00df der Tod Ulrike Meinhofs ein \u203aSelbstmord\u2039 gewesen sei. Sie werden damit nicht unsere deutschen Zust\u00e4nde aus der Welt schaffen: Ein massives, lange vor irgendwelchen \u203aterroristischen Gruppen\u2039 &#8211; 1968 \u2013 geschaffenes \u203aNotstandsgesetz\u2039. Ein noch viel l\u00e4nger zur\u00fcckliegendes Verbot der kommunistischen Partei und die mit ihm verbundenen Verfolgungen. Neuerdings die Verordnung zum Schutz der Beamten vor Linken jeder Art. Und schlie\u00dflich da erst wenige Wochen alte Gesetz gegen \u00bbdie Berf\u00fcrwortung von Gewalt\u00ab.<\/p>\n<p>Was Ulrike Meinhof umgebracht hat, waren die deutschen Verh\u00e4ltnisse. Der Extremismus derjenigen, die alles f\u00fcr extrimistisch erkl\u00e4ren, was eine Ver\u00e4nderung der Verh\u00e4lnisse auch nur zur Diskussion stellt.<\/p>\n<p>Ulrike Meinhof, geboren in der Mitte der drei\u00dfiger Jahre, war alt genug, um die sinnlichen Erscheinungsformen des Nazismus noch wahrzunehmen. In den f\u00fcnfziger Jahren wuchs sie bei Renate Riemeck auf, einer Antifaschistin, die f\u00fcr die \u203aFriedensbewegung\u2039 arbeitete, eine Organisation, die die Wiederwbewaffnung zu verhindert suchte. Auch die Sozialdemokraten waren damals gegen die Wiederbewaffnung \u2013 heute, angesichts eines sozialdemokratischen Verteidigungsministers, m\u00f6gen sie ebenso ungern daran erinnert werden wie an ihre ersten Nachkriegsprogramme. Als die Bundeswehr durchgesetzt worden war, wurde die Kampagne gegen die Wiederbewaffnung abgel\u00f6st von der \u00bbKampagne gegen den Atomtod\u00ab, an der in der ersten Zeit die Sozialdemokratie ebenfalls beteiligt war. Erst in der zweiten H\u00e4lfte der f\u00fcnfziger Jahre fand praktisch der Bruch innerhalb der Linken statt: Die Sozialdemokratie schied aus der \u00bbKampagne\u00ab aus und nahm Kurs auf NATO und Godesberger Programm.<\/p>\n<p>Die waren die ersten politischen Erfahrungen Ulrike Meinhofs. Im folgenden Jahrzehnt \u2013von der Mitte der f\u00fcnfziger bis zur Mitte der sechziger Jahre \u2013 wurde Ulrike Meinhof innerhalb weniger Jahre zur bedeutendsten linken Journalistin der Bundesrepublik. <em>Sie<\/em> war es, die am klarsten die Entt\u00e4uschungen \u00fcber die reaktion\u00e4re Entwicklung der Sozialdemokratie formulierte. Sie k\u00e4mpfte gegen den Krieg in Algerien, gegen die Notstandgesetze und gegen die \u203aGro\u00dfe Koalition\u2039. Sie agitierte f\u00fcr die Beendigung des Krieges in Vietnam und f\u00fcr eine andere \u203aOstpolitik\u2039. Sie widmete sich schlie\u00dflich zwei Grundfragen des Marxismus: der Klassenanalyse und der Frage der revolution\u00e4ren Gewalt:<\/p>\n<p>Wer geh\u00f6rt zur ausgebeuteten und unterdr\u00fcckten Klasse? Und, damit verbunden, wie ist die Befreiung dieser Klasse durchzusetzen? Es waren \u00dcberlegungen, die von den Betroffenen ausgingen, vom tats\u00e4chlichen Elend, nicht von der theoretischen Entfremdung. Und da waren es die Randgruppen, die in den Blick gerieten: Die Eingesperrten, die F\u00fcrsorgez\u00f6glinge, die Weggelaufenen und Durchgedrehten. Ulrike Meinhof nahm damit sehr fr\u00fch etwas wahr, was wir heute erst zu begreifen beginnen: die psychischen Kosten des Kapitalismus, die <em>innere<\/em> Verelendung.<\/p>\n<p>Ulrike Meinhof berichtete viele Jahre \u00fcber Gef\u00e4ngnisse und F\u00fcrsorgeheime, sie arbeitete in Stadtteilen und sie war Beobachterin in Prozessen. 1970 ging sie in den Untergrund und propagiert den bewaffneten Kampf f\u00fcr die Ver\u00e4nderung der Verh\u00e4ltnisse.<\/p>\n<p>Auch diese Entscheidung hat mit unseren Verh\u00e4ltnissen zu tun: Die Polizei hatte zu jener Zeit \u2013 1970 \u2013 die ersten Demonstranten erschossen, der Kampf gegen die Notstandsgesetze war vergeblich gewesen, der Bombenterror in Vietnam war auf dem H\u00f6hepunkt, die politische Kritik in den Medien wurde immer st\u00e4rker zensiert.<\/p>\n<p>Die rasende Wut der Staatsgewalt gegen die \u00bbRote Armee Fraktion\u00ab haben wir alle erlebt. Die \u00bbBaader-Meinhof-Bande\u00ab wurde zum \u203aStaatsfeind Nr. I\u2039 erkl\u00e4rt, ganze Stadtviertel abgeriegelt, tausende von Personen Tag und Nacht vom \u203aStaatsschutz\u2039 \u00fcberwacht, hunderte von Wohnungen durchsucht \u2013 am Ende machte sich die Polizei nicht einmal mehr die M\u00fche zu klingeln und einen Duchsuchungsbefehl vorzuweisen: Sie trat einfach die T\u00fcr ein und nahm s\u00e4mtliche Bewohner und Papiere mit. Und schlie\u00dflich: Die Polizei t\u00f6tete w\u00e4hren der zweij\u00e4hrigen Fahndung <em>mehr<\/em> Menschen als die f\u00fcnf, die bei den Attentaten der \u00bbRote Armee Fraktion\u00ab get\u00f6tet wurden.<\/p>\n<p>Wir haben erlebt, wie die politische Zielrichtung der Attentate geleugnet wurde und weiter nach den \u203aKriminellen\u2039 gefahndet wurde, obwohl bereits der <em>Umfang<\/em> der Fahndungen diese Behauptung widerlegte. Wir haben erlebt, wie die politischen Manifeste der Gruppe unterdr\u00fcckt wurden. Wir haben schlie\u00dflich erlebt, wie der Proze\u00df gegen Ulrike Meinhof gef\u00fchrt wurde.<\/p>\n<p>Ulrike Meinhof war eine der klarsten Kritikerinnen des Kapitalismus in der Bundesrepublik. Diejenigen, die ihre Taten als \u203aAnarchistin\u2039 kritisieren, sind fast stets diejenigen, die sie in den Jahren zuvor als Kritikerin bek\u00e4mpften und l\u00e4cherlich machten.<\/p>\n<p>Das wollen wir nicht vergessen. Es sind <em>unsere<\/em> Verh\u00e4ltnisse, die wir nicht vergessen wollen. Ulrike Meinhof starb am 8. Mai. An diesem Tag wurde vor 31 Jahren der Krieg beendet. An diesem Tag er\u00f6ffneten die Christdemokraten den diesj\u00e4hrigen Bundestagswahlkampf mit der Parole \u00bbFreiheit oder Sozialismus\u00ab! Wir sagen, mit Rosa Luxemburg und Ulrike Meinhof: \u00bbFreiheit und Sozialismus!\u00ab<\/p>\n<p>Und diejenigen unter uns, denen vielleicht die Entscheidenheit und Strenge Ulrike Meinhofs zu fremd ist, erinnern wir an die beiden Zeilen von Bert Brecht: \u00bbAch, wir \/ Die wir den Boden bereiten wollten f\u00fcr Freundlichkeit \/ Konnten selber nicht freundlich sein.\u00ab<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a rough and ready, and perhaps too literal, translation of Wagenbach&rsquo;s eulogy for Meinhof, which I don&rsquo;t think has appeared before in English. It&rsquo;s not particularly pretty, nor such an important text, but I thought I&rsquo;d put it out there. The German was published in Peter Br\u00fcckner,\u00a0Ulrike Marie Meinhof und die deutschen Verh\u00e4ltnisse, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_eb_attr":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-translations"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Eulogy for Ulrike Meinhof by Klaus Wagenbach - New Translation - Jacob Bard-Rosenberg<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jacobbr.com\/?p=146\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Eulogy for Ulrike Meinhof by Klaus Wagenbach - New Translation - Jacob Bard-Rosenberg\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This is a rough and ready, and perhaps too literal, translation of Wagenbach&rsquo;s eulogy for Meinhof, which I don&rsquo;t think has appeared before in English. 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