Ulrike Meinhof was born in 1934 in Oldenburg , Germany . In 1936 , her family moved to Jena when her father , art historian Dr. Werner Meinhof , became Director of the city 's museum . Her father died of cancer in 1940 , causing her mother to take in a boarder , Renate Riemeck , to make money . In 1946 , the family moved back to Oldenburg because Jena fell under Soviet rule as a result of the Yalta agreement . Ulrike 's mother , Dr. Ingeborg Meinhof , worked as a teacher after World War II and died 8 years later from cancer . Renate Riemeck took on the role of guardian for Ulrike and her elder sister
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