Presentation about the Red Army Faction [Modern History at The Armidale School, 2009]

1. RED ARMY FACTION Characterization of a German terrorist group active in 1970 - 1998

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8. Historical context Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Shah of Persia

9. Historical context Benno Ohnesorg shot by a German police officer in 1967

11. Chronology of RAF activities 2 April ‘68 - Baader and Ensslin placed bombs in a department store

12. Chronology of RAF activities 11 April ‘68 Demo after attempted assassination of Rudi Dutschke earlier that day

13. Chronology of RAF activities 22 October 1971 Hamburg police officer Norbert Schmid is shot and killed attempting to stop and question Baader-Meinhof Gang members

14. Chronology of RAF activities 19 May 1972, Hamburg Ulrike Meinhof leads a commando raid into the Hamburg printing offices of the hated Springer Press. These three bombs fail to explode, but three others are successful, and 17 people are injured.

15. Chronology of RAF activities 12 May 1972, Munich A car bomb exploded in the parking lot of the Munich Criminal Investigation Office, destroying 60 cars.

16. Chronology of RAF activities 1 June 1972, Frankfurt am Main Andreas Baader, with a police bullet in his leg, is captured.

17. Chronology of RAF activities Holger Meins, 1974 Dead after hunger strike in prison. “ This man blackmailed the German government.”

18. Chronology of RAF activities - GERMAN AUTUMN ‘77 5. September 1977 Hanns-Martin Schleyer, president of the employers’ Union, is kidnapped

19. Chronology of RAF activities - GERMAN AUTUMN ‘77 The demands: The German government should release eleven terrorists, between others Andreas Baader and Gudrun Ensslin.

20. Chronology of RAF activities - GERMAN AUTUMN ‘77 The “Landshut” is hijacked. Because the German government had played for time, Palestine terrorists hijack a plane on 13 October 1977 - to support the RAF and to demonstrate Palestine’s political situation The demand now: 11 terrorists should be released to save 91 hostages.

21. Chronology of RAF activities - GERMAN AUTUMN ‘77 The German police takes over the plane in Mogadisu. After an odyssey through Arab, the “Landshut” is freed by a German special force. All terrorists are killed - within 7 minutes. The liberation of the “Landshut” had a second effect: Hanns-Martin Schleyer is executed.