Andreas Baader
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Andreas Baader was a leading member of the far-left militant Red Army Faction in West Germany, known for his involvement in terrorist activities during the 1970s.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Andreas Baader canonical | 2 |
| Berndt Andreas Baader | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2867370 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Andreas Baader Context triple: [Baader, hasNotableBearer, Andreas Baader]
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A.
Hans Scholl
Hans Scholl was a German student and leading member of the non-violent resistance group White Rose, executed in 1943 for distributing anti-Nazi leaflets.
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B.
Georg Elser
Georg Elser was a German carpenter and resistance fighter who attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1939 by planting a time bomb in a Munich beer hall.
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C.
Sophie Scholl
Sophie Scholl was a German student and anti-Nazi political activist, best known as a leading member of the non-violent resistance group the White Rose who was executed for distributing anti-regime leaflets during World War II.
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D.
Karl Liebknecht
Karl Liebknecht was a German socialist politician and anti-war activist who co-founded the Communist Party of Germany and became a prominent leader of the revolutionary left during and after World War I.
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E.
Ernst Thälmann
Ernst Thälmann was a German communist politician and longtime leader of the Communist Party of Germany who became a prominent anti-fascist figure and was executed by the Nazis in 1944.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Andreas Baader Target entity description: Andreas Baader was a leading member of the far-left militant Red Army Faction in West Germany, known for his involvement in terrorist activities during the 1970s.
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A.
Hans Scholl
Hans Scholl was a German student and leading member of the non-violent resistance group White Rose, executed in 1943 for distributing anti-Nazi leaflets.
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B.
Georg Elser
Georg Elser was a German carpenter and resistance fighter who attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1939 by planting a time bomb in a Munich beer hall.
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C.
Sophie Scholl
Sophie Scholl was a German student and anti-Nazi political activist, best known as a leading member of the non-violent resistance group the White Rose who was executed for distributing anti-regime leaflets during World War II.
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D.
Karl Liebknecht
Karl Liebknecht was a German socialist politician and anti-war activist who co-founded the Communist Party of Germany and became a prominent leader of the revolutionary left during and after World War I.
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E.
Ernst Thälmann
Ernst Thälmann was a German communist politician and longtime leader of the Communist Party of Germany who became a prominent anti-fascist figure and was executed by the Nazis in 1944.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German terrorist
ⓘ
far-left militant ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activePeriod | 1970s ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Gudrun Ensslin
ⓘ
Jan-Carl Raspe ⓘ Ulrike Meinhof ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Munich ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | gunshot wound ⓘ |
| citizenship | West Germany ⓘ |
| coFounderOf | Red Army Faction ⓘ |
| convictedOf |
murder
ⓘ
terrorism-related offenses ⓘ |
| countryOfActivity | West Germany ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Germany ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | West Germany ⓘ |
| criminalCharge |
arson
ⓘ
bank robbery ⓘ kidnapping ⓘ murder ⓘ terrorism ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1943-05-06 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1977-10-18 ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| familyName | Baader ⓘ |
| fullName |
Andreas Baader
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Berndt Andreas Baader
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Andreas ⓘ |
| ideology |
Marxism–Leninism
ⓘ
surface form:
Marxism-Leninism
far-left extremism ⓘ |
| imprisonedIn | Stammheim Prison ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
Red Army Faction bank robberies
ⓘ
Red Army Faction bombing campaigns ⓘ Red Army Faction ⓘ
surface form:
Red Army Faction kidnappings
|
| mannerOfDeath | suicide ⓘ |
| mediaPortrayal | portrayed in the film "The Baader Meinhof Complex" ⓘ |
| memberOf | Red Army Faction ⓘ |
| movement | German student movement ⓘ |
| nationality | German ⓘ |
| notableEvent | arrest in 1972 in Frankfurt ⓘ |
| notableFor | leadership role in the Red Army Faction ⓘ |
| notableWork | RAF communiqués (as co-author/participant) ⓘ |
| partOf | German Autumn ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Munich ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Stammheim Prison
ⓘ
Stuttgart ⓘ |
| roleInOrganization | leading member of the Red Army Faction ⓘ |
| subjectOf | numerous books on the Red Army Faction ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Andreas Baader Description of subject: Andreas Baader was a leading member of the far-left militant Red Army Faction in West Germany, known for his involvement in terrorist activities during the 1970s.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Berndt Andreas Baader