Podcast 37: Frankfurt Bombing Victim Charles Morris
I speak with Charles Morris and his wife Ursula Morris about his experience as a victim of the 1972 bomb that killed Lt. Col Paul Bloomquist, and how that bomb came to impact his life right up to today.
5-13-1972 Multiple Articles About Frankfurt Bombing (Stars and Stripes)
Several Stars and Stripes articles about the Frankfurt am Main bombings that killed Lt. Col. Paul Bloomquist. PDF: 5-13-1972MultipleArticlesAboutFrankfurtBombingPart1 PDF: 5-13-1972MultipleArticlesAboutFrankfurtBombingPart2
5-17-1972 US Troops Placed on Alert after Bombing (AP)
A brief Associated Press article detailing the steps being taken by the US Army to deter future bombings. The article notes that “an anarchist group called the Red Army Faction” had taken credit for the V Corps HQ bombing in Frankfurt. PDF: 5-17-1972 US Troops Placed on Alert after Bombing
5-12-1972 Frankfurt Bombing Mystery (AP)
An Associated Press article detailing the initial, sketchy details about the bombing of the US V Corps HQ in Frankfurt am Main. PDF: 5-12-1972 Frankfurt Bombing Mystery Rome-News Tribune
5-12-1972 Bombs Rock a US Army Base at Frankfurt (AP / NY Times)
An Associated Press article, printed in the New York Times, offering the sketchy initial details of the bombing of the V Corps HQ in Frankfurt am Main. PDF: 5-12-1972 Bombs Rock a US Army Base at Frankfurt
5-12-1972 Army Says It Has No Indication Who Bombed HQ (AP)
An Associated Press article detailing the initial, sketchy details about the Frankfurt bombing of the US V Corps Headquarters. PDF: 5-12-1972 Army Says It Has No Indication Who Bombed HQ Lewiston Evening Journal
Frankfurt V Corps HQ Bombing Damage #2
A photo of the front entrance to the main lobby of the IG Farben building in Frankfurt am Main, where members of the Baader-Meinhof Group left a bomb, injuring dozens. Moments later a second bomb exploded at the entrance to the nearby Officer’s Club, killing Lt. Col. Paul Bloomquist.
Frankfurt V Corps HQ Bombing Damage #1
This official US Army photo shows the destruction caused by a Baader-Meinhof bomb left on May 11, 1972 at the entrance to the Officer’s Club behind the V Corps HQ housed in the massive IG Farben building in Frankfurt am Main. The bomb killed Lt. Col. Paul Bloomquist and injured several others.
May 11, 1972 Frankfurt am Main
Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, Holger Meins, and Jan-Carl Raspe place three pipe bombs near the entrance the the I.G. Farben building, which houses the headquarters of the US Army Corp. The bombs explode within minutes of each other from 6:59 PM to 7:02 PM. The entrance to the officer’s mess is destroyed. A shard of [read all]
Podcast 19: The Gamest Bastard of All: Paul Bloomquist
A Memorial day tribute to Lt. Col. Paul Bloomquist, the first American victim of the Baader-Meinhof Gang. [display_podcast]
Podcast 15: Bombing Victim Peter Glyer Interview
An interview with Baader-Meinhof bombing victim Peter Glyer. [display_podcast]
Podcast 9: Bombing Witness Larry David Young Interview
An interview with Larry David Young, witness to the tragic Baader-Meinhof bombing of the Frankfurt V Corp HQ in 1972. A very long talk with a very interesting man. [display_podcast]
Podcast 5: Author and Bombing Witness Ron Jacobs Interview
Noted author Ron Jacobs talks about witnessing a Baader-Meinhof bombing, and his work documenting the Weather Underground. [display_podcast]
Interview: Bob Berwyn, Witness to 1972 and 1976 Bombings
Bob Berwyn has the rare distinction to have witnessed two separate Red Army Faction Bombings as well as a deadly neo-Nazi bombing at the Munich Oktoberfest in 1980. On May 11, 1972, 15-year-old Bob Berwyn was watching a film at the US Army base’s theater when he heard an muffled explosion nearby. After a few [read all]
Interview: Scott Tatina, Bombing Witness
May 11, 1972. Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, Jan-Carl Raspe, and Holger Meins and possibly others leave three pipe bombs around Frankfurt’s IG Farben building, which housed the Supreme Allied Command of the US military. In the early evening, the three bombs go off in rapid succession. One bomb, planted inside the main building, destroys a [read all]