The Baader
Meinhof Complex is a book from 1985 that was made into a film in 2008. These two are of the Red Army Fraction movement.
Overview:
This started in 1967 when Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran,
visits West Berlin to attend a performance at the Deutsche Oper. Many young
Germans are angry with how Pahlavi is governing Iran so they protest at his
appearance at the opera. One of the protesters was killed without provocation by
a German police officer who was trying to control the protesters. This made
many Germans very angry. A left wing journalist Ulrike Meinhof, who had earlier
written articles critical of the Shah was one of these angry Germans and also
inspired many others with her writings. After some of her fans were caught carrying
out firebombing she meets with them and becomes friends. As time goes on more
and more people are starting to get together with Meinhof and her friends, they
are soon wanted by the law and have to flee Germany. The group comes back to Germans
now naming themselves the Red Army Fraction (RAF). They are a terrorist group
who do many harmful and illegal things. They soon get caught and thrown in jail
where they start falling apart emotionally. As times goes on many members kill
themselves, but the group stays alive as they continue to murder many people
who are against them.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Baader_Meinhof_Complex,
12/10/14.
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