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May 6, 1943

Munich, Germany

October 18, 1977

Stuttgart, Germany

August 15, 1940

Bartholomae, Germany

October 18, 1977

Stuttgart, Germany

Leaders of the Red Army Faction, usually called the Baader-Meinhof Gang

"We have found that words are useless without action!"

—Gudrin Ensslin

"The gun livens up things."

—Andreas Baader

Like the United States and most Western European countries, Germany experienced a wave of terrorism during the 1970s that challenged the political and economic order. Since the end of World War II (1939–45), in which the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union (today, Russia and its neighboring countries) defeated Germany, the country had rebuilt its industries to become an economic powerhouse. But members of the generation born at...