Stammheim to Stammheim - A Stage for State Self-Assurance
Trapp, Jana
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Verfassungsblog
2026-06-26
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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".
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Trapp, Jana
Deutschland
National Security Law
Palestine Action
Staatsschutzstrafrecht
Ulm5
counter-terrorism law
§ 129 StGB
Deutschland
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