nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/d2ba968cc12c5c49 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260626s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/d2ba968cc12c5c49 doi eng 342 23 Trapp, Jana Author aut Stammheim to Stammheim - A Stage for State Self-Assurance Trapp, Jana Verfassungsblog 2026-06-26 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier 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". CC BY-SA 4.0 Deutschland National Security Law Palestine Action Staatsschutzstrafrecht Ulm5 counter-terrorism law § 129 StGB (DE-588)4011882-4 gnd Deutschland Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/stammheim-to-stammheim/ raw object