I cannot begin to truly grasp the utter devastation that the families of the victims must be feeling now.
There are alot of curious things about the B-M gang. Of the original group....those who didn’t end up in prison...eventually became very disenchanted with the “mission” and were basically “retired”. So B-M, version 2, came along. They eventually became tired and disenchanted over the entire scheme....thus bringing in B-M, version 3.
The depth of the B-M gang? College students. They couldn’t attract roofers, plumbers or regular people....they were all part of the university crowd who felt they were “special”.
The fact that a pistol made it into the most secure prison....and used in a suicide with the first group of B-M members....meant that the cops were never honest or capable of guarding these guys.
The surge of the B-M gang? They basically ran from 1968 until late 1980s. Strangely enough...almost all activities ended in the summer of 1989 when East Germany fell apart. Few if any “experts” want to claim that the East Germany government was a key factor in the support of the B-M gang...but after the smoke clears in 1989...the German government starts getting very proactive and finds these guys left and right. By 1998....whatever remained of the B-M gang then claimed that they had achieved their results and were shutting down.