Pdf throwing bombs in the consciousness of the masses. The red army faction and the urban guerilla represent the only faction and practice which draws a clear line between ourselves and the enemy, and is therefore subject to the sharpest attack. Historiography and armed struggle, by ron augustin august 27, 2016 filed under. Pdf the red army faction a documentary history download.
Where would they fit into our discussion of the waves of terrorism. Smith, andre moncourt, bill dune, russell maroon shoats on. The founding generation of the red army faction raf, a west german terrorist group, spent two frenzied years in the underground followed by five years in prison, culminating with the suicides of the groups leaders in 1976 and 1977. Masterminded by women, the red army faction raf terrorised west germany from the 1970s to the 1990s, and afterimages of its leaders persist in the works of pivotal artists and writers, including gerhard richter, elfriede jelinek, and slavoj zizek. The red army faction or raf german rote armee fraktion, was one of postwar west germanys most active and prominent militant leftwing groups. Advocating revolution through terrorism, they set up their own group, declaring war on the state in september 1969. Red army faction left wing politics human rights abuses. Baader, born in 1943, spent his late teens and early twenties as a combination of a juvenile delinquent and stylish bad boy.
The red army faction a documentary history available for download and read online in other formats. In this history lesson discover the origins of the first raf generation. However, baadermeinhof group became the organizations assigned name for the period 19681977. As though the green god has the answers the code to what happened to why the. The polemical declaration which mahler read was being circu lated in 1973 as an raf red army faction underground publi cation under the title the action. However, she went on to claim a historical identity with the jews of the warsaw ghetto, who had tried without arms to start a.
Jan 19, 2016 in the course of the trial, meinhof was found hanging from a rope made of towels in her cell her death sparking a stream of conspiracy theories from her followers. Top stories ny governor urges caution as deaths pass. Apr 06, 2015 a short book on germanys most notorious urban guerrilla group, the red army faction, aka the baadermeinhof gang. Exred army faction members sought in robbery in germany. Shigenobu had been a leading member in the red army faction sekigunha in japan, whose roots lay in the militant new left communist league. Uschi obermaier was and, many would say, still is the beautiful, albeit surgically improved, face of germanys chaotic 1960s era of student rebellion. The red army faction a documentary history volume 1.
The group undertook a violent terrorist campaign in the hopes of sparking a broader revolutionary movement. Ira and red army faction in germany usa online essays. Beginning in 1970, the red army undertook several major terrorist operations, including the hijacking of several japan air lines airplanes, a massacre at tel avivs lod airport 1972. Entebbe raid, july 34, 1976, rescue by an israeli commando squad of 103 hostages from a french jet airliner hijacked en route from israel to france. An undated handout of the wanted ex red army faction members burkhard garweg, ernstvolker staub and daniela marieluise klette. The purpose of this assignment is to produce a profile of the terrorist organisation, red army faction raf. It was a time of free sex and mass protest that gave birth both to the countrys celebrated green movement and its once feared red army faction raf terrorist gang. The red army faction is also known as baadermeinhof gang and baadermeinhof group. Article information, pdf download for remembering the red army faction, open epub for remembering the red army faction. Drawing heavily on real characters and recorded facts, red army faction blues brings together two previously unconnected sides to the story of the death of 1960s optimism. After stopping at athens, the airliner was hijacked on june 27 by members of the popular front for the liberation of palestine and the red army faction a west german radical leftist group and flown to entebbe, ugan. Aka red army faction rote armee fraktion the red army faction, shortened to raf german rote armee fraktion, in its early stages commonly known as baadermeinhof group or gang one of postwar west germanys most violent and prominent militant leftwing terrorist groups.
Germany is one that should be read by any serious student of anti imperialist. Smith, andre moncourt, bill dune, russell maroon shoats. The red army faction raf or rote armee fraktion in german, also known as the baadermeinhof gang or baadermeinhofbande after two of its members, was a west german maoist terrorist group, chiefly active in the 1970s, which performed a variety of robberies, bombings, and kidnappings. Like the rejection of sabotage in the metropole, based on the argument that it would be better to take things over instead of destroying them, is based on the dictum. The first in a twovolume series, as part of a copublishing project between pm press and kersplebedeb, is by far the mo. Failure and disengagement in the red army faction request pdf. The red army faction raf was a leftist terrorist group in germany in the 1970s. The aim of this website is to provide these documents in their authentic form to researchers, historians and other people interested, not to support or oppose any views expressed in these documents. Jan 20, 2016 ex red army faction members sought in robbery in germany. Red army is a 1989 cold warera military novel written by u. Red army faction definition of red army faction by the free. And bombs in berlin where soon everyone will know the names baader and meinhof. The raf described itself as a communist urban guerrilla group engaged in armed resistance.
Balz and others published throwing bombs in the consciousness of the masses. After examining the short video and short articles please write a quick thought piece on the ira and the red army faction in germany. Red army faction, west german radical leftist group formed in 1968 and popularly named after two of its early leaders, andreas baader 194377 and ulrike meinhof 193476. Formation and ideologies 19691972 the red brigade, more commonly referred to in italian as the brigate rosse br, was officially formed on october 20, 1970 by university of trento activist student renato curcio along with his. In a confusing interplay of names, the red army faction was the original name of the baadermeinhof group.
Smith and andre moncourt pm press was founded in 2007 as an independent publisher with a veteran staff boasting a wealth of experience in print and online publishing. While very uncritical of the groups authoritarian politics and attacks which harm civilians, it contains useful information and so is reproduced here for reference only. Raf, west germanys most prominent leftwing terrorist. Red army faction synonyms, red army faction antonyms. An age of murder jeffrey herf university of maryland. Baadermeinhofgruppe, baadermeinhofbande, was a west german farleft militant organization founded in 1970. Six red army faction terrorists, most of whom were former members of the heidelberg socialist patients collective spk, take over the west german embassy in stockholm, taking 11 hostages. It presents both the history and the cultural memory of it. She cofounded the red army faction rote armee fraktion or raf in 1970, after having worked as a journalist for the monthly leftwing magazine konkret. Red army faction quotes author of the urban guerilla concept. The small and disciplined raf is the successor to the baadermeinhof gang, which originated in the student protest movement in the 1960s. The third generation of the red army faction was active from 1982 until the group dissolved.
Two more generation of leftist terrorists should follow until 1998. West germany, red army faction, terrorism 19 abstract continue on reverse if necessary and identify by block number the year 1985 began with the reemergence of one of the most notorious and violent terrorist organizations in europe, the red army faction raf of west germany. Projectiles for the people starts its story in the days following world war ii, showing how american imperialism worked hand in glove with the old pronazi ruling class, shaping west germany into an authoritarian anticommunist bulwark and launching pad for its aggression against third. Wikimedia commons has media related to red army faction pages in category red army faction the following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. Red army faction simple english wikipedia, the free. She was arrested in 1972, charged with numerous murders and the formation of a criminal association. As of 2005, the group has been excluded from the u.
Andre moncourt is the pseudonym of a writer with his political roots in the movements of the 1970s and 1980s. The third generation of the red army faction was active from 1982 until the group dissolved itself in 1998. Red army faction blues site for the novel by ada wilson. Rote armee fraktion, also known as the baadermeinhof group or baadermeinhof gang german. The red army faction, or raf, was also often referred to as the baadermeinhof gang with reference to two of its founding members, andreas baader and ulrike meinhof.
The people of the third world should wait for their revolution until the masses in the metropole catch up. This book examines leftwing terrorism in west germany. This requires that one have a political identity, and it presumes that a learning process has already occurred. It will focus on the origins, aims, ideologies and motivations of the group, and identify how it is structured and explore their strategies. Three ontherun militants from germanys farleft terrorist group red army faction, better known as the baadermeinhof gang, have. Japanese red army, militant japanese organization that was formed in 1969 in the merger of two farleft factions. The raf was founded in 1970 by andreas baader, gudrun ensslin, ulrike meinhof, horst mahler, and others. In this way, the book contributes both a new history and a new cultural history of postfascist era west germany that grapples with the fledgling. In the late 1990s, horst mahler, a former leader of the red army faction and scion of the radical left, announced his affinity for the extreme right and joined the national democratic party of. Red army faction dissolution notice wikisource, the free. Red army faction synonyms, red army faction pronunciation, red army faction translation, english dictionary definition of red army faction. Like the rejection of sabotage in the metropole, based on the argument that it would be better to take. The red army faction is the name assigned to the terrorist successors of the baadermeinhof group.
Although the red army faction was claimed to have formed in 1978, its roots can be traced back to the late 1960s, according to published reports. A short book on germanys most notorious urban guerrilla group, the red army faction, aka the baadermeinhof gang. Red army faction a marxist and maoist terrorist organization in germany. Sep, 2016 the rad army faction was a leftwing terrorist group in germany. Department of state washington, dc 20520 abstract the author believes that an april 1992 ceasefire communique issued by the red army faction raf, a german terrorist group, marks. In 1989, the wall is coming down and urbach is breaking cover to track down peter green, the genius behind british blues rock band fleetwood mac. Former red army faction member ronald augustin discusses the prevalence of myths, propaganda, and lies in current historical writing about the raf. Siegfried hauser, hanneelise krabbe, karlheinz dellwo, lutz taufer, bernhardmaria rossner, and ullrich wessel. What germanys red army faction can tell the world about. Strong rejection of the red army faction by the majority of the people. The group always called itself the rote armee fraktion, never the baadermeinhof. Walter benjamin and the red army faction irving wohlfarth in radical philosophy 152 petererwin jansen, student movements in germany, 19681984, negations, no. An historical case study of the italian red brigades. Ulrike marie meinhof 7 october 1934 9 may 1976 was a west german farleft militant.
Buy red army faction blues here peter green provides the thematic thread drawing the novels diverse elements into focus, mapping out the constant points of this fascinating reimagining. The red army faction, a documentary history by j smith. All documents are available as pdf files, scanned from the originals at the. Historical and cultural memory explores representations of the red army faction raf in print media, film and art, locating an analysis of these texts in the historical and political context of unfolding events. Jan 19, 2016 german red army faction radicals bungled armed robbery 19 january 2016. The situationist international and the red army faction charity scribner in guy debords late film in girum imus nocte et consumimur. This is a list of people assassinated by the west german leftwing terrrorist group red army faction or the baadermeinhof group. For some radicals, this masquerade took over the most personal aspects of their lives. Download pdf the red army faction a documentary history book full free. Former red army faction members linked to botched robbery. The rad army faction was a leftwing terrorist group in germany. Japanese red army militant organization britannica. The usual translation into english is the red army faction.
Pluchinsky office of intelligence and threat analysis bureau of diplomatic security u. Projectiles for the people by available from rakuten kobo. List of red army faction baadermeinhof assassinations. Smith, he coedited the red army faction, a documentary history, volume i. Germany faced leftwing terrorism from 1970 to 1998. The red army faction, a documentary history rakuten kobo. The police quickly arrested many of them, including founder and intellectual leader takaya shiomi, who was in. Understanding a measured government response to an adaptive terrorist threat. Soon, highminded political activism will move to the terrorism of the red army faction. It described itself as a communist urban guerrilla group engaged in armed resistance, while it was described by the west german government as a terrorist group. Volume 1 presents the manifestos and communiques issued by the raf between 1970 and 1977. The red army faction raf existed in west germany from 1970 to 1998, committing numerous crimes, especially in the autumn of 1977, which led to a national crisis that became known as the german autumn. German red army faction radicals bungled armed robbery 19 january 2016.
Masterminded and led by women, the red army faction raf terrorized west germany from the 1970s to the 1990s, and afterimages of its leaders persist in the works of pivotal artists and writers, including gerhard richter, elfriede jelinek, and slavoj zizek. Schleyer is one name on a list of more than 30 people killed by the baadermeinhof gang or red army faction as it later became known during a campaign against members of the german elite and us military personnel which started in the late 1960s. The responsible group, known as the red army faction raf or the baadermeinhof group was founded in the late sixties and led by farleft journalist ulrike meinhof. As though the green god has the answers the code to what happened to why the urban guerrilla youthquake all went wrong. The red army faction is often referred to by the names of two of its primary activists, andreas baader and ulrike meinhof. Grossman a critical article about 1970s west german marxist urban guerrilla group the red army faction, sometimes known as the baadermeinhoff gang.
This is a collection of more than 1,200 digitized documents by and on the rote armee fraktion red army faction, raf. Jan 19, 2016 former red army faction members linked to botched robbery. Read the red army faction, a documentary history volume 1. But now she was making it clear, and it was on these grounds that the action of the black september in munich was to be praised. Red army book pdf this book about the red army faction of americanoccupied. Sep, 2016 germany faced leftwing terrorism from 1970 to 1998.