Introduction

Growing up in the generation following the second world war, Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin and Ulrike Meinhof lead the West German militant Red Army Faction in a series of bombings, kidnappings and assassinations during the 1970s that led to the death of 35 people. Identifying with various leftist and communist causes including anti-imperialism, Maoism, and opposition to the Vietnam War, the group sought a break in their society from what they felt was a continuation of their parents’ generation of fascist government now under the control of what they saw as the American-led capitalist war machine. The group and their leaders in particular gained notoriety in the press and significant popularity amongst the youth of Germany, underscoring the generational divide that seemed to be growing in the shadow Nazi Germany’s defeat and subsequent de-Nazification process.

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Myth of the 20th Century – Episode 215 – Red Army Faction – Der Baader Meinhof Komlpex

— References —

– Hitler’s Children: The Story of Baader-Meinhof Terrorist Gang, Becker (1977)
– The Culture of Narcissism, Lasch (1979)
– Baader-Meinhof: The Inside Story of the R.A.F., Aust (1985)
– The Baader Meinhof Complex, Edel (2008)
– The Red Army Faction: A Documentary History, Vol. 1: Projectiles for the People, Smith (2009)
– Terror – Enemy of the People, Myth of the 20th Century (2020) – https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2020/04/22/terror-enemy-of-the-people/
– Four Stages of Marxist Takeover: The Accuracy of Yuri Bezmenov, McKay (2020) – https://spectator.org/four-stages-of-marxist-takeover-the-accuracy-of-yuri-bezmenov/
– In one season of the Dutch version of “Survivor”.. – https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/3cswfp/in_one_season_of_the_dutch_version_of_survivor/