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
Terrorism in Germany
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Terrorism in Germany has occurred in several distinct periods, most notably during the Weimar Republic and the Cold War. Acts of political violence have been carried out by far-left and far-right Germ
Operatives of GSG 9, Germany's counter‑terrorism unit, returning from Mogadishu in 1977 after rescuing the hostages of Lufthansa Flight 181
Aftermath of the 2016 Berlin truck attack
Berlin citizens attending the funeral of assassinated police captains Paul Anlauf and Franz Lenck in 1931