RAF

The RAF

            The Red Army Faction or RAF was a post WWII left-wing military group. The RAF was founded in 1970 by Andreas Baader, Gudren Ensslin, Horst Mahler, and Ulrike Meinhof. The RAF was also known as Baader-Meinhof Group in the beginning stages of its development. The RAF was a communist or a group of guerillas fighting against what they deemed to be a fascist state. It existed from 1970 to 1998 and was responsible for the national crisis that became known as German Autumn. There were three generations of the RAF. The first generation of the RAF was consisted of Baader and his associates. The second generation of the RAF operated in the mid to late 1970’s when several members of the Socialist Patients Collective joined. The third generation of the RAF existed from the 1980’s to the 1990’s. The end of the RAF was announced from an eight-page typed letter in German on the 20 of April 1998. It was faxed to the Reuters news agency and it was signed “RAF” with the submachine-gun red star. It was declaring that the group had dissolved.  Some people can compare the RAF with today’s terrorists groups because of the extreme measures taken to get attention. They are usually trying to get the attention of a government that doesn’t or will not listen to there views.

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