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This communique was released on May 14, 1972, shortly after the bombing of the 5th Army Corps headquarters in the old IG Farben building in Frankfurt. Lt. Col Paul Bloomquist was killed in the blast. As was the standard for these communiques, a differently named "commando unit" claimed responsibility for the action. This unit was named after Petra Schelm, an RAF member killed the previous year in a shootout with police. Original translation found at www.germanguerilla.com

Type of Document Communique
Release Date May 14, 1972
Subject/Author Frankfurt US Army Base Bombing/RAF

Original German Text
Translated English Text
Am Donnerstag, den 11. Mai 1972 – dem Tag, an dem die Bombenblockade der US-Imperialisten gegen Nordvietnam begann –, hat das Kommando Petra Schelm im Frankfurter Hauptquartier des V. Armee- Corps der amerikanischen Streitkräfte in Westdeutschland und Westberlin drei Bomben mit einer Sprengkraft von 80 kg TNT zur Explosion gebracht. Für die Ausrottungsstrategen von Vietnam sollen Westdeutschland und Westberlin kein sicheres Hinterland mehr sein. Sie müssen wissen, daß ihre Verbrechen am vietnamesischen Volk ihnen neue erbitterte Feinde geschaffen haben, daß es für sie keinen Platz mehr geben wird in der Welt, an dem sie vor den Angriffen revolutionärer Guerilla-Einheiten sicher sein können. Wir fordern den sofortigen Abbruch der Bomben-Blockade gegen Nordvietnam. Wir fordern die sofortige Einstellung der Bombenangriffe auf Nordvietnam. Wir fordern den Abzug aller amerikanischen Truppen aus Indochina. Für den Sieg des Vietcong! Die revolutionäre Guerilla aufbauen! Habt Mut zu kämpfen – habt Mut zu Siegen! Schafft zwei, drei, viele Vietnam! Kommando Petra Schelm
On Thursday 11 May 1972 - the day the U.S. mine blockade of North Vietnam began - Commando Petra Schelm detonated three bombs containing 80kg of TNT at the Frankfurt Headquarters of the 5th Army Corps of the U.S. forces in West Germany and West Berlin. West Germany and West Berlin shall no longer be a safe hinterland for the strategy of extermination against Vietnam. They must understand that their crimes against the Vietnamese people have created a new and bitter enemy for them, that there is no more place in this world for them, that they can be certain that they will be attacked by the united revolutionary guerrilla.

VICTORY TO THE VIET CONG!
BUILD THE REVOLUTIONARY GUERRILLA!
DARE TO STRUGGLE - DARE TO WIN!
BUILD TWO, THREE, MANY VIETNAMS!


Commando Petra Schelm




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