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Croissant, Klaus, 1931-2002

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Personal name headingCroissant, Klaus, 1931-2002
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Variant(s)Croissant, Claus, 1931-2002
Associated countryGermany
Associated placeBerlin (Germany)
Birth date1931-05-24
Death date2002-03-28
Place of birthKirchheim unter Teck (Germany)
Place of deathBerlin (Germany)
AffiliationAlternative Liste (Political party)
Profession or occupationLawyers
Found inPolitische Prozesse ohne Verteidigung?, 1976: title page (Claus Croissant)
À propos du procès Baader-Meinhof, Fraction armée rouge, 1975: title page (Klaus Croissant)
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek online catalog, viewed December 2, 2013 (authorized access point: Croissant, Klaus; other information in authority record: lawyer; was the defense lawyer for members of the Baader-Meinhof Group; born 1931; died 2002; variant form of name: Claus Croissant)
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German Wikipedia, viewed December 2, 2013 (Klaus Croissant; born May 24, 1931, in Kirchheim unter Teck; died March 28, 2002, in Berlin; gained public prominence as the defense lawyer for members of the Baader-Meinhof Group; was prosecuted as a supporter of terrorist activies and served a term in prison; after his release, in the 1980's, he was politically active in West Berlin as a member of the Alternative Liste; he was also recruited by the Ministry for State Security of East Germany as an "inoffizieller Mitarbeiter")
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