The Red Army Faction (RAF), also known as the Baader-Meinhof Group for two of its leaders, was a prominent militant left-wing terrorist group that operated in postwar West Germany. It was responsible for 34 deaths during its almost 30 years of existence. They were instigators of many high profile kidnappings and events, including the German Autumn of 1977, and were sometimes called the "German Weather Underground"; this investigative report looks at the legacy of this controversial group.
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