*1941 DE, Kassel
Spoken Word
Thorwald Proll (born 22 July 1941 in Kassel)is a writer and was active in the German student movement in the 1960s.On 2 April 1968, along with Andreas Baader, Horst Söhnlein and Gudrun Ensslin, he set fire to two department stores in Frankfurt as a protest against the Vietnam War. All four were arrested two days later.Thorwald Proll's sister, Astrid, was introduced to the group by him. She joined Baader, Ensslin and others in forming the Red Army Faction. However, Thorwald Proll turned away from the group and in December left Paris for England.
Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Bananenrepublik | Uli Becker / Thorwald Proll & Frank Witzel | 1978 | Album |