http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/d2ba968cc12c5c49 https://verfassungsblog.de/stammheim-to-stammheim/ Stammheim to Stammheim - A Stage for State Self-Assurance Trapp, Jana eng 2026-06-26 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Deutschland National Security Law Palestine Action Staatsschutzstrafrecht Ulm5 counter-terrorism law § 129 StGB Deutschland Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 When German readers encounter the word "Stammheim", they usually do not think of a quiet, leafy suburb in the city of Stuttgart. Instead, the name immediately evokes Germany's most notorious maximum-security prison. It conjures images of a dark chapter in Germany’s history: the era of homegrown left-wing terrorism and a state in existential crisis. Stammheim is the physical embodiment of a profound democratic dilemma: how should a constitutional democracy deal with those it considers an existential threat from within? It is highly symbolic, then, that the Stuttgart Regional Court is using this infamous high-security courtroom to try five pro-Palestinian activists, a group dubbed the "Ulm5".