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 and active until 1998. The RAF described itself as a communist and anti-imperialist urban guerrilla group. It was engaged in armed resistance against what it 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 West German government considered the RAF a terrorist organization.
Ulrike Meinhof, 1964
Stammheim Prison
Burial site of Baader, Raspe and Ensslin
Image: JVA Weiterstadt
Berndt Andreas Baader, was a West German communist and leader of the left-wing militant organization Red Army Faction (RAF) also commonly known as the Baader-Meinhof Group.
Andreas Baader, at the time of his imprisonment in Stuttgart-Stammheim.
Stammheim Prison, photographed in 1982
Burial site of Baader, Raspe and Ensslin in Stuttgart