Rolf Pohle

Rolf Ludwig Pohle (4 January 1942 - 7 February 2004) was a lawyer and activist who was also convicted as a member of the terrorist organization Red Army Faction (RAF).

Biography Rolf Pohle was born in Berlin in 1942 and from 1954 onward he lived in Munich. He was the son of Law Professor Rudolf Pohle. He studied in Munich's Maximiliansgymnasium and then Law at the Humboldt University of Berlin and LMU Munich, and graduated in 1966. During his studies, he joined the German Liberal Students' Club (Liberaler Studentenbund Deutschlands). He later became a member of the extra-parliamentary Opposition (APO) and in 1967, he was elected president of a students' club at LMU Munich. After the assassination attempt against the student Rudi Dutschke in April 1968, he stood as a lawyer for the arrested members of APO. In 1969, Pohle was sentenced to 15 months in prison for participating in the protests of spring 1968. However, the Supreme Court made an appeal to the court's decision and allowed his extradition. During these trials, there was a large movement in favor of Pohle and against his extradition. Despite this, he was imprisoned in Germany for six years, until 1982. According to other information, he died from AIDS.