The History of the RAF

Overview

In 2014, Germany television network ZDF commissioned a comprehensive TV documentary on the history of the Red Army Faction (RAF). In six 45-minute parts, the series describes the origins, rise, and fall of the terrorist organization "Red Army Faction." Interviewees include Winfried Ridder, former head of department at the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution; Rainer Hofmeyer, former head of department at the Federal Criminal Police Office; and political scientist Dr. Wolfgang Kraushaar.

Created by Anne Kauth, Bernd Reufels

Top cast

Andreas Baader

Self (Archive footage)

Ulrike Meinhof

Self (Archive footage)

Gudrun Ensslin

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Astrid Proll

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Horst Mahler

Self (Archive footage)

Fritz Teufel

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Jan-Carl Raspe

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Holger Meins

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Brigitte Mohnhaupt

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Christian Klar

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Rudi Dutschke

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Claus Peymann

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Hans-Christian Ströbele

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Butz Peters

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Rupert Von Plottnitz

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Wolfgang Kraushaar

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Kurt Groenewold

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Wilfried Rieder

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Klaus Wagenbach

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Rainer Hofmeyer

Self (Interviewee)

Seasons

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