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Armee Fraktion" RAF was formed in 1970. The group was post WWII and Germany’s
most famous left-wing militant group. It started out as the group called Baader-Meinhof
known for protest movements in West Germany. “The RAF described itself as a
communist and anti-imperialist "urban
guerrilla" group engaged in armed resistance against what they deemed
to be a fascist state.”(Wikipedia sited below) The founders
also known as the “first generation” of this group were Andreas
Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, Horst Mahler,
and Ulrike
Meinhof. The “second
generation” consisted of a lot of former members of the Socialist Patients
Collective during the 1970s and the “third generation” was during the
1980s-1990s. The group did a lot of operations and the most remember able one
was during the fall of 1977 called “German Autumn”. “German Autumn” was
responsible for 34 deaths many of them being not their targets but body guards
and chauffeurs instead. The RAF
was known for being one of the most violent left wing groups in all of Europe. A
very well known member was Meinhof, she was involved with Baader’s escape from jail in 1970, and she
was a well-known journalist. On April 20, 1998 all came to an end when the
Reuters news agency received letter signed “RAF”.
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