Red Army Faction
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The Red Army Faction, also known as the Baader–Meinhof Group or Baader–Meinhof Gang, was a West German far-left militant group founded in 1970, active until 1998, and formally designated a terrorist o
Red Army Faction public poster, 1972, issued by the Federal Criminal Office, on display at the Deutsches Museum, Munich
Ulrike Meinhof, 1964
Stammheim Prison
Burial site of Baader, Raspe and Ensslin
Andreas Baader
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Berndt Andreas Baader was a West German communist and leader of the far-left terrorist organization Red Army Faction, also commonly known as the Baader-Meinhof Group.
Red Army Faction
…considered a fascist state. Members of the RAF generally used the Marxist–Leninist term "faction" when they wrote in English. Early leadership included Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof, Gudrun Ensslin, and Horst Mahler. The RAF engaged in a series of bombings, assassinations, kidnappings, bank robberies, and shootouts…
Baader at the time of his imprisonment in Stuttgart-Stammheim
Stammheim Prison, photographed in 1982