Rote Zora

Rote Zora (English: Red Zora, from the book "Die Rote Zora und ihre Bande" by Kurt Held) was a militant feminist organization in West Germany that stood against patriarchy, biotechnology, and nuclear power, among other things. Rote Zora started in 1974, when they bombed a courthouse in Karlsruhe to protest an abortion law.Dark Star Collective, p.101] In addition they bombed the Federal Doctor's Guild (in 1977), numerous sex shops, the cars of landlords, the Siemens company, and the company Nixdorf Computer AG [ [http://www.freilassung.de/otherl/arm/rzora84.htm Arm the Spirit ] ] . While carrying out hundreds of attacks, the group always took care to not physically harm people. Rote Zora was a split from the organization "Revolutionäre Zellen" (Revolutionary Cells), [Heitmeyer, p.371] though some members continued to associate with both [http://www.spunk.org/texts/groups/anm/sp000268.txt] . The group's last action was in 1995. In 2000, a documentary about the group (titled "Die Rote Zora") was made by Oliver Tolmein. In April 2007, former Rote Zora member Adrienne Gerhäuser stood trial for the attempted bombings of the Berlin Genetic Technical Institute in 1986, and a clothing factory in Bavaria in 1987, [ [http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20070413210520387 Infoshop News - Former Left-Wing Extremist Tried For Failed Attacks in 1980s ] ] receiving a suspended two-year sentence, the maximum she was eligible for. [ [http://www.dw-world.de/popups/popup_printcontent/0,,2444055,00.html Radical Left-Wing Feminist Given Suspended Jail Term | Germany | Deutsche Welle | 16.04.2007 ] ]

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*Dark Star Collective, "Quiet Rumours: An Anarcha-Feminist Reader", Oakland: AK Press, 2002, ISBN 1902593405.
*Heitmeyer, Wilhelm; Hagan, John. "International Handbook of Violence Research", Springer, 2003, ISBN 140201466X.