# Ivana Hoffmann
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{{Short description|German communist (1995–2015)}}
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|other_name = Avaşin Tekoşin Güneş
|birth_date = {{birth-date|1 September 1995 }}
|birth_place = [Emmerich am Rhein](/source/Emmerich_am_Rhein), Germany
|death_date = {{death date and age|2015|03|07|1995|09|01|df=y}}
|death_place = [Tell Tamer Subdistrict](/source/Tell_Tamer_Subdistrict), Syria
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'''Ivana Hoffmann''' (1 September 1995 – 7 March 2015), also known as '''Avaşin Tekoşin Güneş''', was a German [feminist](/source/feminist) [communist](/source/communist) who fought with the [Marxist–Leninist Communist Party (Turkey)](/source/Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist_Communist_Party_(Turkey)) (MLKP) in the [Rojava conflict](/source/Rojava_conflict) of the [Syrian civil war](/source/Syrian_civil_war). She was the first female foreign fighter in the Syrian Democratic Forces to die in the conflict.
==Biography==
Hoffmann was born in [Emmerich am Rhein](/source/Emmerich_am_Rhein) to a German mother and [Togo](/source/Togo)lese father.[{{Cite news|title=Extremismus : Ivanas Kampf – DER SPIEGEL 12/2015|url=https://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-132328291.html|access-date=22 November 2020|newspaper=Der Spiegel| date=13 March 2015 | last1=Backes | first1=Laura | last2=Diehl | first2=Jörg }}] The mother and Ivana later moved to [Duisburg](/source/Duisburg)[{{Cite web|last=Hoffmann|first=Kevin|title=Sie konnte Ungerechtigkeit nicht ertragen (neues deutschland)|url=https://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/1081615.sie-konnte-ungerechtigkeit-nicht-ertragen.html|access-date=21 November 2020|website=www.neues-deutschland.de|language=de}}] where they lived in the [Meiderich](/source/Meiderich) neighborhood and Hoffmann began to get involved into left-wing politics and came into contact with the movement of the MLKP.[{{Cite news|title=German woman killed fighting ISIS in Syria {{!}} CBC News|language=en-US|work=CBC|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ivana-hoffmann-german-woman-killed-fighting-isis-in-syria-1.2986784|access-date=21 November 2020}}]
Hoffmann was killed by the [Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant](/source/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant) (ISIL) while fighting alongside the [People's Protection Units](/source/People's_Protection_Units) near [Tell Tamer](/source/Tell_Tamer) during the [Eastern al-Hasakah offensive](/source/Eastern_al-Hasakah_offensive).[{{Cite news|last=Osborne|first=Louise|date=9 March 2015|title=First female western fighter dies fighting Islamic State|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/09/first-female-western-fighter-ivana-hoffmann-dies-fighting-islamic-state|access-date=21 November 2020|issn=0261-3077}}][{{Cite news|date=15 March 2015|title=Funeral for German woman Ivana Hoffmann killed fighting IS|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31893356|access-date=21 November 2020}}][{{Cite web|url=https://anfenglish.com/news/tribute-to-martyr-ivana-hoffmann-on-her-25th-birthday-46350|title=Tribute to martyr Ivana Hoffmann on her 25th birthday|website=ANF News}}] Anti-ISIL activists commemorating Hoffmann were later arrested in [İzmir](/source/%C4%B0zmir), Turkey.[{{Cite web|title=Body of killed German socialist fighter returned to family from Syria|url=http://www.middleeasteye.net/fr/news/ivana-hoffman-549927894|access-date=21 November 2020|website=Middle East Eye édition française|language=fr}}] To date, Hoffmann was the youngest foreign fighter killed fighting for the SDF.
The public prosecutor's office in Duisburg confiscated the body in order to have it autopsied.[{{cite web |title=Staatsanwälte werden aktiv |url=http://www.jungewelt.de/2015/03-14/065.php |website=junge Welt |access-date=21 August 2021 |language=de |date=14 March 2015}}] The Federal Prosecutor's Office has vouched to prosecute the [Marxist–Leninist Communist Party](/source/Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist_Communist_Party_(Turkey)) (MLKP). It considered supporters of the organization should be charged because of their support to a foreign terrorist organization.[{{cite news |title=Ivana Hoffmann: Staatsanwaltschaft Duisburg ermittelt |url=http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/ivana-hoffmann-staatsanwaltschaft-duisburg-ermittelt-a-1023393.html |access-date=21 August 2021 |work=Spiegel.de |language=de}}] In response, The Solidarity Committee for Ivana Hoffmann terms this as a "scandal".[{{cite web |title=RedGlobe – Abschied von Ivana Hoffmann |url=https://www.redglobe.de/naher-mittlerer-osten/kurdistan/6736-abschied-von-ivana-hoffmann |access-date=21 August 2021 |date=10 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310054208/https://www.redglobe.de/naher-mittlerer-osten/kurdistan/6736-abschied-von-ivana-hoffmann |archive-date=10 March 2016 }}]
On March 14th, 2015, a rally followed by a funeral march was held in Duisburg in commemoration of Hoffmann, with participants from the Marxist-Leninist spectrum. Different sources reported a turnout of somewhere between 500 and 6000 participants.
[{{cite news |title=Trauerkundgebung für Ivana Hoffmann |url=http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/trauerkundgebung-fuer-ivana-hoffmann-1.2393708 |work=sueddeutsche.de |language=de |access-date=14 May 2024 |archive-date=16 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316212127/http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/trauerkundgebung-fuer-ivana-hoffmann-1.2393708 |url-status=dead }}]
[[http://www.derwesten.de/staedte/duisburg/1700-menschen-bei-trauermarsch-zu-ivana-hoffmanns-beerdigung-id10457099.html Trauermarsch zu Ivana Hoffmanns Beerdigung in Duisburg] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127014131/http://www.derwesten.de/staedte/duisburg/1700-menschen-bei-trauermarsch-zu-ivana-hoffmanns-beerdigung-id10457099.html |date=27 January 2016 }} derwesten.de]
[[http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/gesellschaft/2000-menschen-erweisen-ivana-hoffmann-die-letzte-ehre-a-1023582.html Deutsche Anti-IS-Kämpferin: 2000 Menschen erweisen Ivana Hoffmann die letzte Ehre] Spiegel Online (in German)]
[ {{cite news |title=In Berlin und Duisburg: Gedenk-Demonstrationen für Ivana Hoffmann |url=http://www.rf-news.de/2015/kw11/in-berlin-und-duisburg-gedenk-demonstrationen-fuer-ivana-hoffmann |language=de}} Rote-Fahne News, Online-web-magazine of the [MLPD](/source/MLPD) ]