A radical communist and co-founder of the RAF, responsible for the 1968 Frankfurt department store arson. He repeatedly clashes with authorities, orchestrates his prison break, and leads the group's violent bombing campaign against German and US targets. Later imprisoned at Stammheim, he taunts officials before dying by suicide in his cell.
Their collaboration transforms Meinhof from an observer of radicalism into an active member of the group.
Ulrike Meinhof arranges an interview with Andreas Baader outside prison, enabling the group to break him out. She then flees with the radicals instead...
They form the central operational and ideological partnership of the RAF's original leadership.
Andreas Baader and Gudrun Ensslin mastermind the Frankfurt department store firebombings and later lead the escalation of RAF violence.
Proll participates in the expanding militant network surrounding Baader.
After Andreas Baader and Gudrun Ensslin recruit young supporters, Astrid Proll joins them and later moves with Baader and Ensslin into Meinhof's home.
Meins's death becomes a major emotional and political catalyst for Baader's faction.
Andreas Baader and Holger Meins participate in a hunger strike while imprisoned in separate facilities, and Meins dies during the protest.
Schelm's death becomes a decisive narrative trigger for Baader's violent campaign.
After Petra Schelm is pursued and killed in a police shootout, Andreas Baader treats her death as murder and uses it to justify escalating RAF attacks...
Mohnhaupt represents the younger leadership continuing Baader's militant organization from outside prison.
Upon completing her sentence in 1977, Brigitte Mohnhaupt takes over command of the RAF while Andreas Baader remains imprisoned.
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