"Sylt, West Germany June 1967" "Hello!" "Come on, Mouse." "Out of the water!" "Mama, a little longer." "I said out, right now!" "You're both are completely blue!" "She is pretty." "Who are they?" "The Shah of Iran and his wife." "Ah, my three Graces." "Papa, what is a Shah?" "Sort of like a king." "A Shah may cut off the head of anyone he dislikes." "Don't tell the children such rubbish." "People can take the truth." "With such power, there is no joke." "Hello, Klaus." "And?" "How goes the Revolution?" "Right now, it's on holiday." "Will you to come to our party tonight?" "Certainly." "Well, until then." "Yes." "Ah, Klaus, not now." "Yeah, sure, OK." "It makes me nervous." "Yes but not very much." "So cheer up." "The royal couple landed at 11.05 AM, in a private plane at Tempelhof airport." "Empress Farah wore a fox-fur coat and a black and white hat." "Stefan!" "Stefan!" "The Shah inspected an honour guard of the Berlin Police." "Fresh off the press." "Ok." "For all to hear." "My clever star-journalist wife... wrote an open letter to her imperial highness Farah Diba." "Don't make a big deal of it." "It'll be in the next edition." "5000 of these fliers are already at the universities." "Very good." "Good day, Mrs.Pahlevi, there's a story in the New Review about life in Iran, about how hot it gets there, and how you, like most Persians, like to holiday on the Caspian coast." "Like most Persians?" "Isn't that an exaggeration?" "Most Persians are farmers and make less than DM100 a year." "And half of all Persian mothers die giving birth, from hunger, poverty and illness." "And the children work 14-hour days weaving carpets." "Do most of them really holiday with you at the Caspian seaside?" "They write, "The Shah must have a son"." "Iranian Law is very strict on that point." "Strange that it seems so unimportant to the Shah." "And no official statement is made." "That the Minister of Justice makes no comment." "That unofficial courts are held in secret." "That torture is allowed under Persian law." "We do not want to insult you." "But the German public should not be insulted with nonsense like this in the New Review." "Faithfully, Ulrike Meinhof." "German Opera House, Berlin June, 1967" "Long live the Shah!" "Long live the Shah!" "Long live the Shah!" "Princess!" "Murderers out of West Berlin." "Farah!" "Farah Diba!" "Murderer!" "Are they crazy?" "Murderer!" "Are you crazy?" "What are you doing?" "Don't push me, you wanker!" "Stop!" "Is there a doctor here?" "Let us through!" "It's out of control here." "Are you stupid?" "Can you help us?" "We have an injured person here." "What is happening?" "He was attacking me." "You are mad?" "Let's go." "He needs a doctor!" "Mrs.Meinhof, why are they were not on the demonstrator's side?" "The right-wing press blamed the disaster on the students." "Above all the Springer group tried, in its newspaper, to label the students as rioters." "To shout is no longer enough, now they want blood." "But the truth is, the protest proved that we live in a Police state." "That the Police and the press went too far in Berlin on June 2nd." "And that the only freedom here is for the Police." "But Mrs.Meinhof, with all respect..." "We all know that Kurras... who shot Ohnesorg, will be acquitted." "That is pure demagogy!" "That is demagogy." "In America they discuss using nuclear weapons in Vietnam, and Israel starts a war of aggression with the help of the USA." "which is called preventive war here." "Israel has to defend itself." "Then Hitler's attacks on Poland and Russia were also preventive." "But you can't say that!" "Mrs.Meinhof, I must say..." "You must also consider the child." "This woman has nothing worthwhile to say." "The American Imperialist machine will not stop!" "Vietnam, Bolivia and now the Near East." "America has supplied Israel with weapons for years." "Each warplane, each rocket, each tank, everything comes from the USA." "Or the western industrial nations." "They are not the people's friends!" "The pigs want to control the oil fields of the Near East." "It's just shit to them if many thousands of people die." "I must now go to church." "You should preach... that over half the people in the world do not have enough to eat." "Is it senseless to preach for a better world?" "That those condemned once again must resist!" "You should get married soon." "Ulrike, wait!" "Wait!" "Finally." "Hello, Baby." "Well, Kitty?" "So, here it is." "I hope it's enough." "Will it be enough?" "Why?" "So..." "Hey!" "I think...we don't want to torch the department store" "We need hard action to show that wanker that we're not kidding!" "And if people are still inside?" "Don't talk like a sissy, Tussi." "Who'd be there at night?" "And if there is:a bigger headline!" "Are you insane?" "Andreas knows what he's doing." "You're under arrest!" "Police!" "Halt!" "Idiot!" "Police!" "Handcuff them!" "You're under arrest for arson." "Good morning." "Under continuous bombardment by American warplanes... of alleged Vietcong positions, civilian populations suffer the most." "In the USA, particularly at universities, these pictures led... the students to rise up in protest." "In the Federal Republic... thousands of students protest, such as these, in Berlin." "The Anarchist Rudi Dutschke mobilizes the resistance." "Comrades, we don't have much time." "In Vietnam the bombs fall every day." "We must stand up for them." "As Che said, "It is not a matter of wishing success to the victim of aggression, but of sharing his fate"." "One must accompany him to his death or to victory." "From German ground... from German ground wars are still prepared." "From German ports and military bases... the American military wages the Vietnam war!" "We cannot allow this!" "We must stop the German government, from waging this Imperialist war in Vietnam!" "Are you Ulrike Meinhof?" "Yes." "We are forced to take illegal action... let sabotage and blockades start now!" "We protest against this conference!" "Ladies and Gentlemen, this conference is over!" "Get lost!" "Away with him." "Ho Chi Minh!" "Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh!" "Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh!" "Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh!" "Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh!" "Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh!" "Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh!" "Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh!" "Are you Rudi Dutschke?" "Yes, I am." "You dirty communist pig!" "I am dead." "Let me live." "Father." "Mother." "Soldier..." "Soldier..." "He's down here!" "He went down here somewhere." "Search the building site." "Covering!" "You are surrounded!" "Come out with hands up!" "I can't stand communists." "Rudi Dutschke is in critical condition after two hours of emergency surgery today." "Only one of the two bullets could be removed from his head." "Spontaneous demonstrations have sprung up across the country, blaming the Springer publishing house for inciting the assassination attempt." "Springer, Murderer!" "I didn't think this was your style!" "Attention, this is the Police!" "You are trespassing on private property." "Leave the area immediately!" "Come along!" "Frau Meinhof?" "What are you doing here?" "Release her, Frau Meinhof is a journalist." "Dresden!" "Hiroshima!" "Vietnam!" "Dresden!" "Hiroshima!" "Vietnam!" "Che Guevara was captured by the Bolivian Army... and then murdered by the CIA..." "Yesterday Martin Luther King was assassinated..." "Senator Robert Kennedy was shot..." "Republican Richard Nixon becomes the 37th President of the USA" "Soldiers in Mexico City sealed off the street and fired into the crowd." "One of the first Soviet vehicles into Czechoslovakia..." "The students call the protests in Paris cultural revolution." "The state calls it anarchy." "The more I hear of this shouting, the clearer it becomes we need to ensure the rule of law in this country." "In agreement with Andreas Baader I want to make a statement." "He and I placed the bomb in the department store." "We did it to protest against the indifference... of people who sit and watch the genocide in Vietnam." "We believe that speech without action is wrong." "Order, please!" "Order, please!" "Mr.Mahler?" "Could you do us the honour of allowing the court to share the joke?" "The judges can hardly understand the ideas Ms.Ensslin and Mr.Baader." "Otherwise they would take off their robes and joined the protests themselves." "Order!" "Order, please!" "Mr.Ensslin, your daughter wanted to address your generation with her act." "Whatever they wanted to do, it comes to this," "Our generation that experienced how, in the name of the people... concentration camps were built." "Antisemitism spread and genocide committed." "And now the system will not permit reformation, a new beginning." "How do you explain that, with the world as it is?" "It's amazing that Gudrun, who considers things very rationally and intelligently, by one foolish act, experienced... a state of almost euphoric self realization through this act." "A holy self implementation." "I feel that she created something free with her act." "Even in the family, I feel liberated... of a tightness and a fear, that had ruled my life before." "It took the fear from me." "Throw a single stone, and that is a crime." "Throw a thousand stones and that is a political action." "Set fire to a car, that is a crime." "Burn a thousand cars and that is a political act." "Protest is saying:" "I disagree with this and that." "Resistance is saying:" "I will put a stop to this and that." "Thanks for making this possible." "It's OK, I've read your work." "Can one stop the genocide in Vietnam by burning down a department store?" "No...it was an error, as I said in court." "It was an act of rebellion." "But it was pointless... while Fascism grows as strong as it was under Hitler." "This time we offer resistance." "Out of responsibility before history." "People, here and in America, must eat." "Must eat and buy." "But they do not think about it, they just consume." "We wanted them to think about it a little." "So you burned down a department store?" "I will never resign myself to doing nothing." "Never." "If people try to murder us, like Ohnesorg and Dutschke, then we will shoot back." "That is only consistent." "Do you really mean that?" "All over the world comrades fight with guns in hand." "We must become soldiers." "We fight already." "And if the fascists throw you into prison for it?" "Such victims they'll have." "Or do you believe that you'll change something with your grand theory?" "Sorry, I meant to be curt." "Is Baader or Gudrun here?" "Gudrun is up there." "Oh!" "Sorry!" "Hello!" "Who are you?" "I'm Peter Boock." "And I'm Gudrun." "Are you a runaway?" "Youth Training Centre." "There are others here, too." "They'll soon come and join us." "They gather up here." "Can I bathe afterwards?" "Bathe now." "No wasting water here." "Tell me about yourself?" "Where did you get that?" "Youth Training Centre, Lucky City." "I heard about it." "You nearly burned the place down." "The bastards nearly beat us to death for it." "If they catch me, no more till I turn 21." "Don't let it worry you." "You're part of our family now." "You were locked up for arson, too?" "We are free on appeal." "At least we can make an appeal." "And so we make it." "And if they find me?" "Andreas and I must disappear, if our appeal is rejected." "Tell me...do I see right?" "You trying to fuck my old lady?" "Well, Kitty?" "Hey." "Andreas, this is Peter." "What happened to you?" "The staff at Lucky City." "Then we should tear some new arseholes." "Great leather jacket!" "Here, it's yours." "Let's go, to Darmstadt!" "We don't have enough cars." "We steal two or three." "Only the gun cures the rigidity." "Go on, fire away!" "Fire at will!" "We have made extraordinary efforts... to understand what the people want." "We want more democracy." "These are the words of the new Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt as he takes office..." "Reconcile with students and end the 3 years of continuous riots." "The reform promises to create peace at the universities and the basis, to bring the outside parliamentary opposition into the democratic process." "And what do you believe?" "I think the worst is over." "The protest movement has lost its momentum." "Groups which feel existentially oppressed will not hesitate, to bomb whatever parts of society they see as oppressive." "Rome, Italy February, 1970" "Over here!" "Can't you see us?" "Gudrun?" "Andreas..." "Hello, Astrid." "Mister Counsellor." "And?" "What are your plans?" "What's next for you?" "Can't you talk normally?" "Do you really think Interpol are after us?" "because those jerks in Frankfurt rejected our appeal?" "We're not going back to prison." "Then come to Berlin, illegally." "We're building up a new group." "We're further along than you'd think." "What have your guys done?" "A lot's happened since you've been away." "We have good contacts." "Houses, ID, money, weapons." "We can provide everything." "Yeah, under your leadership." "The illegal underground attorney." "I'm shitting myself." "Let him finish." "They couldn't steal grandma's puppy!" "That's not the point." "Where's Dutschke now?" "Living in London." "He's crippled, can hardly speak." "Since he was shot, nobody leads while the struggle goes on." "The struggle would have been won, if they hadn't screwed it up." "Show us what you're made of." "Steal the purse from granny's bag." "Baby..." "I want to know if he's got the balls." "Or is it all just talk?" "Oh, man!" "Fucking shit, they're stealing my car!" "Hey!" "Stop!" "You fucking spaghetti-muncher!" "Shit!" "You dumb bitch, you left the car open again!" "So what?" "Steal another one." "You sissy!" "Sissy!" "Fuck all this!" "Why?" "What are you doing here?" "Why come to us?" "So call the cops!" "Where's Ulrike?" "In bed." "Where's the bedroom?" "Back there." "Wait a minute." "Quiet, you'll wake the children." "We're back." "They're hunting you, you know." "Big deal." "Can we stay here for a while?" "Yes, of course." "We're recruiting here in Berlin." "And in other cities." "We're expanding the group." "Political conditions change." "What are your plans?" "What kind of stupid question is that?" "We take action." "If it goes wrong, too bad." "So, that's it for me." "Where can I crash?" "I'll join you in a moment." "What does he mean, though?" "He means exactly what he said." "Andreas does not compromise." "You must understand that." "Andreas is more of a revolutionary than all the rest of us together." "Sounds great when you're stoned." "You look unhappy." "I saw a film about Youth Homes." "Girls there are treated like shit." "I thought I could do something about it but they remain shitty." "But Peggy there escaped." "What we need is a new morality." "You must see that clearly." "Draw a line between you and our enemies." "You must leave the system and burn your bridges." "And your son?" "That you may never see again?" "If you're serious, you have to be prepared to suffer." "Andreas also has a baby daughter." "I could never leave my children." "Shit." "Do you know how fast you were going?" "No, do you?" "Show me your license, please." "And the registration papers, please." "I'm sorry about this, officer." "My friend seems to have thrown them out." "You live in Rome, Mr.Hoger?" "Yes." "Your date of birth?" "14/6, 19... 39." "You don't seem too sure about it." "It was a long time ago." "And?" "They're holding him in Moabit jail." "We have to get him out." "I'll help." "Me too." "How?" "Tying sheets together?" "You can write about it afterwards." "That's all you're good for." "Perhaps Andreas should just serve the ten months." "Shit!" "Freeing Prisoners is what we're always talking about." "We'll show the pigs what we can do, if they lock up our people." "We're getting Andy out!" "Now!" "We can't visit him in prison anyway." "You be a publisher, we'll get in staging a book contract." "Good day." "This is Dr.Gretel Weitemeier, who will be publishing our book." "Pleased to meet you." "The pleasure's all mine." "Baam!" "Are you insane?" "Man, it's just a toy gun." "Looks real though, eh?" "Where did you get that?" "From Gudrun." "We've got a lot of things, now." "And who is "we"?" "I cannot say." "Well, I can" " Gudrun, Astrid, Ingrid." "I bought you some Aspirin." "Ulrike?" "She's only a decoy." "You told me you wouldn't be involved!" "What is your part in all this?" "Well?" "Mahler arranged for Andreas and I to visit the Sociological Institute... to research our book." "They're allowing him out for that?" "With a Police escort, of course." "That's where we come in." "Inside the Institute, we stick guns in their faces... and run away with Baader." "And you?" "I stand back and look surprised." "That's all." "Now can we get on with dinner?" "But you're all women." "What if they don't take you seriously?" "Mahler knows some professionals, we'll have help." "Mahler says... it'll be a piece of cake." "I don't believe it." "The cops have real guns, not like that piece of junk." "This is completely insane!" "I have to go through with it." "Mr.Baader, in the event of an escape attempt, we are authorized to shoot." "I want to make sure you know that." "You needn't worry about it." "I've seen you on TV." "Hopefully I am interesting." "Yes, very." "Would you need anything else?" "Thanks, I'll manage." "Hey." "Hey." "Sit down here." "Could I get a cup of coffee?" "Of course." "Are you married?" "Do you have any children?" "Yes, wife and child." "So, moving along." "We have..." "I told you yesterday, come back after noon today." "The reading room is occupied." "Then we'll wait here." "It's a long wait." "We have time." "In the following discussion..." "Go, quick, let's move." "What do you want here?" "Shit!" "Hands up!" "Up against the wall!" "C'mon, Kitty!" "Gudrun!" "Help me!" "Stay down!" "According to reports the kidnappers shot the doorman with tear gas." "They overpowered the guards and released Baader by force." "My God, the children!" "Go, children, run." "Quickly." "We say, "The uniform-wearer is a pig, not a human"." "And so we treat it as such." "We will not negotiate with them." "It is wrong to talk at all with these people." "And of course, they may be shot when we consider necessary." "The gun makes its statement." "It is possible, in our actions, our enemies may occasionally triumph." "But where it is important, they will not beat us." "Our success will belong to history." "Jordan, 1970" "Welcome to the camp!" "The attorney looks like Fidel Castro!" "Welcome Andreas." "Hi, Gudrun." "Which way to Havana?" "This is Achmed, the Commander." "This is Gudrun and Andy." "The men sleep here, the women there!" "What?" "The rules of the camp." "Forget that, we sleep together...there!" "We're staying together." "What do you think you are?" "This is not a holiday camp." "You have to stick to the rules." "It's okay." "It's fine, sleep where you like." "Take the luggage." "All in this house here." "Next line!" "Down!" "Down!" "Keep your head down!" "Keep your head down!" "Faster!" "Faster!" "Fucking shit!" "Hey stop!" "This has nothing to do with our job!" "This has nothing to do with our job!" "We are urban guerrillas, understand?" "We don't fight in the desert!" "This is not the job we are doing in Germany." "We are urban guerrillas." "We don't belong in the desert!" "This is our program!" "We are at war with Israel!" "Tell that camel-jockey we fight against bank guards!" "Bank Guards!" "We wanna rob Banks!" "We need a different training." "His trousers sure look great!" "Sure they do." "What are they laughing about?" "We're just admiring your trousers." "You've got them a little dirty." "Stop them!" "Leave them!" "Stop it!" "Put down the gun!" "I'll finish you off, cocksucker." "Baby, leave it." "he's one of us." "No, he is not one of us." "He's only here because he's scared of the cops in Germany." "You okay?" "Yes." "If this happens again, we'll have to disarm you and send you back!" "SICILY, ITALY 1970" "You're homesick, right?" "Which means you give up." "These people are fighting a war..." "What does our situation in Germany have to do with it?" "You can't force a revolution in Germany, even with a Kalashnikov." "Germany is just one front." "We fight with comrades everywhere against injustice and oppression." "I thought you knew that." "And what about your children?" "You live underground." "Why bring them into it?" "Sooner or later it'll come out that I did not participate in the Baader escape." "Then I can go back legally." "I could take care of the children." "That sounds very much like betrayal." "Betrayal?" "To who?" "Look after yourself." "Stop it!" "What now?" "Can't we have a little fun?" "How dare do you waste our ammunition!" "I'm tired of this shit!" "You will not get ammunition for the next days!" "He won't give us any more ammunition." "Then we go on strike." "What are they staring at?" "Probably never seen naked women before." "Hey, look who's here." "What does one do with a traitor?" "People's court." "What is this?" "What are you doing?" "Dress up!" "He asks us to get dressed." "Why should we?" "Sexual freedom and the fight against imperialism go together." "He doesn't understand, Baby." "Fucking and shooting are the same!" "Fucking and shooting are the same!" "Abu Hassan is commander of the whole camp." "He'll deal with this, don't worry." "Just be quiet." "So, we'll help you to get back to Germany..." "He wants to help us, return to Germany." "What about weapons and logistics?" "Ask him that?" "How about weapons, logistics, passports?" "Can we work together in Germany?" "We know who is Comrade and who is not." "Everything that has narrowfied against Israel will be done." "At the moment, he'll probably do nothing." "Maybe later." "Pst." "We have a problem with Ulrike's kids." "They are in Sicily now where they cannot stay any longer." "Is it possible to send them to Jordan to one of those camps for Palestinian orphans?" "Generally speaking, yes...but if we accept them, she'll never be able to see them again." "We accept that." "What is with Peter?" "Where is he?" "We had to separate him from your group." "He is an Israeli spy." "Shoot him." "You should have talked to me before." "Don't worry... we'll bring you out." "West Berlin, Germany September 1970" "Hands up!" "Don't move!" "Get down on the floor!" "This is a hold-up!" "Get away from the window!" "Get down!" "In West-Berlin today, a gang robbed three different banks in 10 minutes." "In Breitenbach Platz, three masked men and one woman." "At 8.10 AM four men dressed in parkas..." "The robbers got away with approximately DM200,000..." "It is believed that the robbers are militant left-wing extremists." "Detectives found a bag of ski-masks dumped by the bandits." "They left handbills with the text:" "'Expropriate from enemies of the people'." "DM217,449.50" "Not bad for 10 minutes work." "Ulrike should write a statement." "Make clear that we only took the money of capitalists." "That only the rich need be worried." "Yeah, liberal wankers think that's good." "Stupid woman!" "Can't you be careful?" "Shit-for-brains!" "And so was the revolution made!" "Some say, Bank robbery is not political." "Revolutionaries in Latin America call bank robbery expropriation." "Official Statement on Bank robbery." "It is politically right to expropriate." "It is strategically right, if it finances the revolution." "Your children are gone." "What?" "I just heard from Sicily." "The man who took them even knew the code word." "Stefan!" "They're surely are with your ex, the old fascist." "The Baader-Meinhof group will become accepted as leaders of the revolution." "What are you doing there?" "Hey, that's my car!" "Yesterday five arrests were made:" "Attorney Horst Mahler, student Peggy Schenau..." "In the young woman's handbag, police found a Belgian pistol." "The charges:" "Possession of guns, falsification of identity papers, car theft, burglary, theft and armed robbery." "In Mahlheim, Dortmund and Konstanz, the prisoners face similar charges." "Show me your identity papers." "Get back!" "Further threats of violence..." "The trial of Astrid Berger began today." "According to a study by the Allensbacher Institute... 25% of Germans under 30 are sympathetic to the RAF." "That's about 7 million people." "Which makes finding them a lot more difficult." "Lobster soup." "So we plan to computerize identity papers." "I'll explain by giving you an example." "Underground terrorists naturally hide their identities from authority." "Without the new ID card... no bank account." "Now they'll find it hard to rent somewhere to live." "Everything will require the new cards." "Gas, water, electricity." "In Frankfurt alone, 16,000 customers usually pay bills in cash." "We will no longer accept cash." "All customers will have to use their new ID." "No ID:" "No health care, either." "And then?" "Then we take it further." "For example..." "No ID:" "No driving license, no child support payments." "If everyone has to have an ID, the last handful who don't are suspects." "That is a mathematical certainty." "In the long term it does nothing to smash heads." "Or, as some would prefer, to cut heads off." "Not the police, but political powers resistant to change, allow terrorism to develop." "That is my opinion." "Oh and say hello to the minister for me." "Shit!" "Floor it!" "Halt!" "Freeze!" "Hands up!" "You too!" "Go!" "Go!" "Petra, go!" "Drop your weapons!" "Kiss my arse!" "Stop, girl!" "Freeze!" "Hands up!" "Hello, Werner." "You're back early." "Excuse me, this is my house." "You said one night only." "Oh, you'll have your way." "We'll be gone tomorrow." "Well, then." "Tomorrow." "Two people, a man and a woman, ran a police roadblock..." "What's wrong?" "That's Petra's car." "The woman was killed in the shootout that followed." "She opened fire when ordered to lay down her weapon." "Shit." "This is war." "Now we kill a pig." "Cold-blooded murder." "Obviously they're shooting to kill." "They'll be hunting us all now." "We must attack the cops directly." "Shoot down their helicopters!" "Blow up their stations!" "That goes against our policy." "I shit on the policy!" "The armed fight against Imperialists... is against the US military presence in Germany and in West Berlin." "We need to re-think our strategies." "Do you think we need better plans?" "We need more safety precautions." "Actions in cities we don't know well are unwise." "What happened to Petra must not re-occur." "Fuck-ups like that... are not caused by bad planning." "It went wrong, it was a mistake." "Her mistake!" "Not the group's." "People must follow the plans." "It was not the group's fault!" "The plans are all over the place." "Made up as we go along..." "Nobody questions why they go wrong." "You cunt!" "Your idea of emancipation is the freedom to shout at men!" "Baby, you know that's nonsense." "General Daniel Chase, Chief-of-staff at the Pentagon in Washington, says..." "The US Air Force does not bomb... targets south of 17 degrees latitude." "For the mass-murders in Vietnam..." "West Germany and West Berlin should not be safe bases." "They must know that their crimes against the Vietnamese people... have created bitter enemies." "That there is no place in the world safe from attack by revolutionary Guerrilla units." "Official Statement on bombing:" "We demand an end to the bombing of Vietnam." "We demand the withdrawal of US troops from Indochina." "We demand an end to the naval blockade of North Vietnam." "Police Headquarters, Augsburg" "Police foreman Herbert Saver was shot." "A bullet hit him in the chest, the other in the main artery." "The injured man, who was also shot was a 25 year old Manfred Fichtner from Kiel." "He was in Hamburg on March 3, 1972 when policeman Heinz Eckart was shot." "We carry out attacks on judge and state lawyers in retaliation against them for holding political prisoners." "We demand that these laws are repealed." "We have no other means to enforce our demands." "Petra Schelm Brigade." "Police headquarters in Augsburg were attacked today." "Five policemen were injured." "An attack in Munich followed." "Experts are searching for the remains of the explosive device." "The senior public prosecutor has offered 10,000 Marks reward." "The car is being examined by Federal Police specialists." "Here in these computer files we have saved the details of more or less 10,000 people who must be classified as sympathizers of the RAF." "A bomb tore apart the car of High Court Judge Wolfgang Buddenberg, as his wife started the engine." "Judge Buddenberg ruled against the Baader-Meinhof group." "His wife remains in hospital with serious injuries... but is out of intensive care." "Shit, we need more grinders." "Just before the curfew time from 2:00 PM in Stuttgart..." "Checks at all exit roads and entrances to the city were enforced." "MPs, policemen are dominant with machine guns." "Until yesterday morning, the police..." "Axel Springer publishing house." "A bomb will go off in 5 minutes time." "Evacuate the building." "Who are you?" "Is it the nutcase again?" "Please stop calling us." "Stupid pig!" "We demand that Springer newspapers stop publishing lies about liberation movements of the third world, particularly about the movement to free Palestine." "Our actions will only cease when our demands are met." "The Federal Government condemns these attacks with indignation and abhorrence." "Federal Chancellor Brandt called the attacks cowardly and devious." "Springer accepted the risk that the bomb threat was genuine rather than lose profits by evacuating their workers." "For capitalism, profit is everything, people, who create it, are dirt." "We are deeply sorry that workers were injured..." "What do you suggest?" "They can see that the government is under pressure." "We strike the water." "Pardon?" "When you strike the water, the fish surface..." "I need the entire police force, detectives, uniformed, all of them." "For one day, under the command of the Federal Bureau of Criminal Investigation." "But that would be..." "That would be at least 130,000 men." "That's right." "And all the helicopters, too." "And to close the borders." "We hit the entire Federal Republic in one day." "That'll drive the fish up and into our nets." "Cars are being searched all motorways and arterial roads, causing long delays at border crossings." "All available officials in West Germany are taking part." "By noon today, police in Hamburg checked 15,000 cars." "It's a police state, just like you said." "The public supports these measures." "It's not looking good for the Revolution." "Shut up!" "Urban guerrillas operate in the rift between the state and the people!" "Checkpoints have been set up at all public buildings, airports and sporting events." "Vehicles were searched, photographs of possible RAF members were distributed." "As Mao Tse-tung once said..." "you've heard it before... but I'll remind you today." "He said:" "When the enemy slanders us, that is good, because it proves, that there is a clear line between them and us." "When the enemy paints us in the blackest colors, that's better, because it shows, that there is not only a clear distinction between them and us, but also that we have achieved a great deal in our work." "The container." "It's been moved." "That's not my powder." "Don't move!" "Police!" "Freeze!" "Drop the gun!" "Halt!" "Police!" "Drop the gun!" "Shit!" "Throw your weapons into the yard and come out!" "The longer you wait, the stronger our forces." "We have you surrounded." "There is no chance of escape." "Come out or we'll storm the building." "Why are you waiting?" "I repeat:" "Come out now." "You have no chance, this is not a game." "Do you want to get out of this alive?" "There is no chance of escape." "Your only chance is to surrender now." "If you come out with hands up, nothing will happen to you." "We can wait all day." "We are in control here." "We control the entire area." "There is no way out." "Police searching for the Baader-Meinhof group in Frankfurt this morning achieved a major success" "Beside Baader, Holger Meins were arrested, which greatly weakens the leadership of the group." "Shit." "There, great Terrorist." "Shoot your way out." "That's for Norbert." "And that's for Heinz." "Can I try it on?" "Changing room over there." "This way." "That's the jacket." "No!" "No!" "No!" "Help!" "No!" "Fucking cops!" "Let go!" "No!" "Is that you?" "Are you Ulrike Meinhof?" "Silence." "I'm over here!" "I'm over here!" "Here!" "I'm over here!" "Here!" "The Minister of the Interior congratulates you on your great successes." "The Minister of the Interior says the RAF is finished." "I now declare the 1972 Olympic Games open." "World record!" "In disguise, into the Israeli team's rooms." "Israeli Coach Moshe Weinberg was killed with two shots to the head..." "The Black September group is demanding the release of over 230 prisoners" "in exchange for the release of the hostages." "If the prisoners are not released the hostages will be killed..." "Our worst fears have become bitter reality." "With the terrible events of the past week... at The Munich Olympics, all of our hopes for peace... have come crashing down." "We cannot remove all the hatred and violence from this world" "We must be prepared to fight the forces of evil." "Gentlemen, our duty is to fight terrorism." "And, if possible, to end it." "Tell me your ideas." "We need a special force, to shut down these lunatics." "Strong words don't work against terrorists." "A special-purpose force is absolutely crucial." "But those measures alone will not solve the problem." "The roots lie deeper." "Namely?" "The Israeli occupation of Palestine." "Nobody pays attention to that." "So the terrorists try to force the world to pay attention." "So you approve of their aims?" "Nadler, don't talk rubbish." "I never said that." "However... one must understand their motives." "So, you allow these murderers a special status?" "No!" "But we can't fight such forces rigidly." "And our ignorance promotes terrorism!" "It's true, but the question is... whether terrorism is the new form of war." "Whether it replaces conventional war, which does not take place any more." "I don't follow you." "What about the victims?" "Or their loved ones?" "I understand your anger." "But our duty is to fight terrorism." "And to do that we must understand the problems of the third world." "The Middle East conflict, the Vietnam war." "Understand these problems objectively!" "It feels like an explosion in the head." "Like the cell is full of pressure." "The one feeling I can't suppress:" "Rage." "The is no release from the pressure." "That's the worst thing about isolation." "The clear knowledge that one does not have a chance of survival." "Today we begin a hunger strike." "We demand change to one of the prison conditions:" "Equal conditions for political prisoners to all other prisoners." "A hunger strike is our only way... to resist in solitary confinement." "The hunger strike is to show that we will not compromise." "We expect explosions in the prison system." "The goals must be set out so that each Rocker, so everyone, does not lose their sense of purpose." "That is, so that they do not break us." "We can say, "Each 3rd week or each 2nd or 4th week, whatever... one of us will die"." "And so on, until the isolation, until the torture for all is waived." "But the hunger strike will only work if we all stick to it together" "Until our demands are met." "Even if some of us die." "Counsellor, just a few minutes." "The prisoner is very much weakened." "Gudrun wrote to me." "This is our goal." "You decide it, when you die." "Freedom or death." "Just in case, if I pass from this life," "It's murder." "If the pigs keep this up, it's murder." "Do not believe the lies of murderers." "Get me a cigarette." "I don't know what will happen, I should die." "If I'm killed." "What next?" "That's it." "Which side is right?" "It's not so clear." "The final battle to free mankind from the pigs." "West German Embassy, Sweden, 1975" "The revolutionary struggle." "With love for life and with contempt for death." "I serve the people." "Get the prison doctor here, now." "But it's the weekend." "Then get his assistant." "We don't have one." "Then call in an outside doctor." "We're not authorized." "He's dying in there!" "Get a doctor!" "Now!" "Unfortunately, we can't do a thing." "One day after the death of Holger Meins, of the Baader-Meinhof Group, who died while on hunger strike," "Berlin Chief Justice Drenkmann was shot dead in his home." "We do not shed tears for Drenkmann." "We are pleased by his execution." "attacks on judges and lawyers who prosecuted the Anarchists." "Lawyers for Holger Meins today launched a wrongful death action..." "It was necessary, because each judge and cop must know... that they will be held responsible for their deeds." "That's Rudi Dutschke." "Holger, the fight goes on." "The trial of Baader and the others begins in 4 weeks, here in Stammheim." "The pictures are of the security wing on the 7th floor." "The prisoners will be kept here." "Men and women together?" "Indeed, they demanded it." "Outrageous." "So they will cooperate during the trial." "We provide a terror center!" "It's important that the trial goes smoothly." "We, the Federal Police can monitor the group's communications." "And we most certainly will." "German Embassy, Sweden 1975" "Go!" "Go!" "Everyone out!" "Go!" "The German Embassy in Stockholm was occupied by terrorists today." "They threaten to kill hostages unless their demands are met." "The terrorists have released a statement to the German government." "Eye-witnesses reported shots." "The police closed off the area." "About 100 People reportedly remain in the embassy." "Emergency units are treating those who escaped the building" "A caller claiming to be a member of the RAF demanded the release..." "Authorities believe the attack is a last desperate attempt... to demand the release of RAF prisoners in Stammheim before the trial begins." "No fire in the cell!" "Kiss my arse." "We're leaving." "will shoot one hostage every hour." "Storm the building and we blow up it." "We leave only... if our demands are fulfilled." "Withdraw or they blow it up!" "They refuse to withdraw." "Then we prove we're serious." "Translate." "I am Von Mirbach, Military Attache." "They will shoot me... if you do not withdraw." "Leave!" "Leave now!" "The first explosion occurred shortly before midnight." "In minutes the whole building was in flames, while the terrorists dug in." "The explosions followed each other closely... as police stormed the burning building." "The hostage drama, which ended last night in explosions and gunfire, has claimed at least three lives, two of them embassy staff." "Among them was Heinz Hillegaart, chief of the catering department." "It is still unclear whether he was shot, like Military Attache Von Mirbach, or whether he died in the explosions." "The 3rd death was one of the terrorists." "Five terrorists were arrested:" "Siegfried Hausner, Bernhard Ressner," "Karl-Heinz Dellwo, Lutz Taufner and Hanna Krabbe." "What a shitty action." "Shitty action!" "The Swedish government delivered the captured terrorists to Germany." "Today the severely wounded Siegfried Hausner was flown to Stammheim." "I'll hold you responsible!" "If the prisoner dies, he'll be, after Holger Meins, the second to die in our custody." "With such incompetence we'll give the RAF another martyr!" "This is a prison." "We're not equipped for severely wounded people!" "We must keep him here:" "Orders." "That's completely insane." "The two public defenders are sufficient for Mr.Baader." "If he doesn't want them, too bad." "They do not defend me." "They never even spoke with me!" "Incidentally, someone has written head off beside my microphone." "Beside my microphone it says head off!" "What do you think it means?" "I don't know what it means." "I am unable to take part in this trial." "I am not nearly able, in this place, at this time," "I cannot say what..." "I mean..." "I can't tell..." "I request an examination for us, by an independent physician." "Rejected." "They say we're not isolated because we have slightly larger cells." "I say, We were, up till a short time ago, completely isolated for the last 3 years!" "Our only human contact was through a tiny slot in the cell door." "Someone stood behind the door and wrote." "I rule you out of order!" "Why do you change my notes suddenly, without explanation?" "Because that things you write have no power." "There's no need to do that." "You jump on my errors and go on and on about it." "I could write a book on your foolishness." "Guard!" "Your tired act, I'm sick of it." "I've had my fill of this." "You're driving me crazy!" "Really, I don't get it." "What's their problem, the bitches?" "It's the last straw that they allowed Hausner to die." "They're not fooling anyone." "You're a bullshit revolutionary!" "We have to get out of here." "It's not easy to recruit new troops after Stockholm." "You argue with your emotion, you shitty egoist!" "You have no clue!" "Not a clue!" "Piss off!" "Piss off, arsehole!" "Get us out of here, you sow!" "Get us out of here!" "Sow!" "Arsehole!" "Get us out of here, you sow!" "Mrs.Meinhof, you are obliged to remain." "The accusations against you stand." "You can't force me, arsehole." "I decide that, arsehole or not." "It's about time you admitted it." "The accused is today excluded," "Because she called the chairman an arsehole." "Then you also exclude me." "That's not for you to decide!" "Does it come to physical force?" "Sit!" "Sit down in your place." "Go on with your ridiculous procedure." "I'll disturb it so long as I'm here." "Do we really need to hear it?" "I'll say it too, You're a fascist arsehole!" "We can't defend ourselves so we refuse to participate." "Old sow." "You...you are deranged!" "Did I hear you call me an old sow?" "Did I hear that right, or am I mistaken?" "I want it to be carefully noted!" "And you, Mr.Baader," "You called me a fascist arsehole." "Filthy rat." "The defendants are excused." "This court adjourns for consultation." "Ulrike, how is she?" "Very dark." "A Vampire, trembling with blood lust." "Ulrike tries to laugh, it doesn't work." "Necrophile, hysteric." "Really absolutely ugly me." "Although I still say my reason hasn't left me." "It's separate from me." "This is shit." "She gives me false information." "Gudrun transcribes it wrong." "Why do you do that?" "Is it because you want to torment me?" "I return the agony." "An eye for an eye." "I don't look at it." "I can't bear it." "I am not a witch but I am sometimes brutal." "Don't pretend." "You hate us, it's obvious." "So stop eating, until you're better, or go to the Devil." "How are we to attain our goals, if we blow workers up?" "Show the reports you wrote on us." "I know, Springer was an error." "That went against our aims." "We've discussed this a thousand times." "We've been through this!" "Many times!" "The action was counter revolutionary!" "Real revolutionaries would have shot you for that!" "The question is:" "How can an isolated prisoner... make the authorities recognize that his behavior has changed?" "How?" "In isolation, the prisoner can't show that his behaviour has changed." "There's only one possibility." "And that is betrayal." "The prisoner in isolation has no other chance." "So there are two possibilities." "I will speak now!" "A prisoner can be silent, and die or a prisoner can talk." "That is confession and betrayal." "And based on this fact, the Federal High Court resolution makes a clear and definite statement." "That is torture." "Designed to force confessions." "To confuse, demoralize and punish." "You're the knife in the back of the RAF." "Because you never learn." "It is mysterious, if I say I can't bear it?" "I don't bear it any more." "That is what I can't bear." "We are responsible for the attacks on CIA headquarters... on the 5th US Corps in Frankfurt and on US headquarters in Heidelberg." "We are also responsible for the bombing of the Springer building." "Beyond that, we have no knowledge." "We had no part in the planning or the execution of any other actions." "The Anarchist Ulrike Meinhof took her own life." "She was found dead this morning in her cell in Stuttgart, Stammheim." "Ulrike Meinhof, that was murder!" "The 41-year-old hung herself with a towel tied to the window bars." "There will be an autopsy later today." "The 109th day of the hearing in Stammheim was unusually crowded this morning." "The court-appointed defense counsels made a request... to adjourn the trial for 10 days." "To investigate whether Ulrike Meinhof really committed suicide." "We believe Ulrike was executed." "We don't know how but we know who." "Chief Federal Prosecutor Buback said:" "The State protects those who support the State." "Herold and I always find a way." "These defamatory remarks..." "It was a coldly conceived execution!" "Like Holger Meins and Siegfried Hausner!" "The execution of Ulrike now!" "Fascist!" "Murderer!" "Silence!" "Under your jurisdiction as judges two prisoners out of five were killed!" "Why were Schubert, Meller and Mohnhaupt brought to Stammheim?" "The public prosecutor's office gave in to the pressure of public opinion." "I allowed it, in order to prevent further suicides." "Baader and Ensslin..." "RAF prisoners were allowed to transfer to Stammheim." "Time's up!" "Return to your cells!" "Stop bothering us." "Mohnhaupt will be free in 7 Months." "Those jerks guaranteed it." "Baader and Ensslin probably insisted on it." "Stammheim Prison, Stuttgart February 1977" "Lovely to see you." "Are you Charlie?" "I want to talk with him alone." "Andreas and Gudrun trust you." "How are they?" "They're shitty!" "We must get them out of there, soon." "Before they end up like Ulrike and Holger." "A few think we should hijack a 747 and circle it over Bonn." "With an ultimatum to exchange our people in 6 to 8 hours." "Then let it fall." "In the middle of Bonn." "We heard of that plan." "No." "No actions against the people." "We stick with the kidnappings." "How far advanced are you?" "Ready to go." "Here, before I forget it..." "I brought this for you." "Nearly 5 years prison..." "It's a long time." "That's how long since I fucked a guy." "They need weapons." "If another escape attempt fails..." "They want to be able to make a choice." "You must not mention it to the others." "No matter what happens." "Very pretty, the medal." "Very much." "Congrats!" "You work on your honour day?" "Gottfried Hagemann." "You remember, the lawyer." "With his arrest..." "We found coded operational plans on him." "Big arsehole." "HM Auschecken." "Margarine." "What is your conclusion?" "Siegfried, we're expecting an act of revenge against you." "On 7th April 1977, Kommando Ulrike Meinhof executed Chief Federal Prosecutor Buback." "Siegfried Buback was directly responsible for murders of Holger Meins, Siegfried Hausner and Ulrike Meinhof." "As Chief Federal Prosecutor, he ordered their murders." "Under Bubacks regime, Holger on 9.11.74." "was murdered by starvation." "Under Bubacks regime, Ulrike on 9.5.76." "was illegally executed, in a faked suicide by hanging." "Under our laws, for which Ulrike fought, justice was done." "We will not allow our comrades to be murdered," "We will show the authorities that when prisoners continue to fight, killing them will not solve the problem." "Kommando Ulrike Meinhof." "We could not protect him." "I ask myself:" "Why do new terror units always develop?" "What motivates them?" "A myth." "Come on in, Mr.Ponto is expecting you." "Thanks." "You brought a whole committee." "I wanted to show them your place." "My friends." "Klara." "Good day." "Gerd." "Mr.Ponto, shall I stay?" "No, you may go." "Come outside." "What a lovely surprise." "I'll be with you in a moment." "I'll put those in a vase." "Sit down." "Klara." "Go to the exit." "Come along." "Are you mad?" "You are a prisoner of the RAF." "Are you mad?" "Go, get out!" "I didn't want that!" "How do I explain to my parents?" "We agreed, no guns!" "And only a tap on the head, if he resists." "We wanted to kidnap him!" "Why are you here?" "To play the female Robin Hood without getting your hands dirty?" "You crybaby!" "You sign the claim of responsibility." "No!" "Never!" "On the execution of Ponto, we say:" "It is a clear warning to those types." "If you wage war on the people, then war will be waged on you." "Susanne Albrecht, soldier of the RAF." "The door stays open!" "We do not accept locked doors!" "Hey!" "No locked doors!" "Now you'll have the war you wanted!" "You pigs!" "You filthy pigs!" "Let me go." "Idiot." "Fucking shitty cops!" "You wanker!" "Fucking leave her alone!" "You sow!" "Let go!" "How much longer?" "Soon." "Nearly done." "229, 12th line, 4th word." "9, 10, 11, 12..." "3,4." "Finished." "We forestalled our planned liquidation." "We retain our identity." "We know there is a concrete plan to kill us." "Surrender is impossible." "You must hurry." "We do not need to say more." "That is clear." "If we do nothing, they've given us straight facts." "What straight facts?" "It's very clear, OK?" "If we don't get them out immediately, they're dead." "Now what?" "Schleyer goes on vacation tomorrow." "For how long?" "Several weeks." "Then let's do it tomorrow." "Why not?" "We'll have to do it the hard way." "What's that mean?" "Hard?" "It means we shoot the escorts, all of them, to get to Schleyer." "The SEK are armed and trained." "It'll be a combat situation." "The driver isn't SEK, though." "You miserable wanker!" "The prisoners will be murdered!" "Stop it!" "Let's get our plan in order." "I can't do this." "I can't be a part of this." "OK." "Then you better leave now." "We need to discuss plans." "They don't concern you any more." "Brigitte, you can't do this." "If you're captured again..." "I am in charge here." "We'll discuss that later." "Now let's find out who's willing to do it the hard way." "What about you?" "It's safe to assume... that Schleyer is being held within 20 km of the scene." "Less than two hours ago it happened." "Five weeks after the murder of the banker Ponto... an assassination attempt on Hanns Martin Schleyer." "Four police officers from the escort were killed." "The search for the attackers continues." "Schleyer is not among the dead." "It is obvious... that the terrorists have kidnapped him." "The manhunt goes on." "All the official parties condemned the attack on Schleyer." "Now you have a problem." "Now you have a big problem!" "Their reign of terror has not yet ended." "And they are feeling triumphant now." "But they must make no mistake." "the Siegfried Hausner Kommando... has taken the president of the employers association, Hanns Martin Schleyer, prisoner." "The will of the German people is not broken." "They're sealing us in!" "They're doing what?" "Baghdad, Iraq October, 1977" "Comrades!" "It's good to see you." "Welcome to my house." "Take seat." "Thank you." "I already want to know why you didn't come earlier?" "Chancellor Schmidt is determined to either find or sacrifice our hostage." "Is your hostage secure?" "Yes, he is." "Are you sure?" "Yes." "Brussels, Belgium September, 1977" "We have two options already for you..." "One..." "We can invade the German Embassy in Kuwait" "Two..." "There is a possibility to hijack a Luftansa Plane." "It's your choice." "Good Morning, viewers..." "A Lufthansa airliner has been hijacked." "The aircraft was en route from Majorca to Frankfurt but was diverted to Rome." "86 passengers, mostly Germans, are on board." "Footage of kidnapped businessman Hanns Schleyer... reading a statement from his captors..." "You can see my current circumstances." "The government in Bonn must make a decision." "The actions of the German Government prove that they are the terrorists." "The state, which claims to promote freedom... uses the methods of totalitarianism... in the name of fighting terrorism." "I have, so far, been treated well by my captors..." "Pressure on the government is growing... as the hijackers demand the release of political prisoners... including the RAF prisoners in Stammheim." "As the hijack drama continues... reported to have shot the pilot... threatened to kill one passenger every 5 minutes..." "The Pope has sent a plea for the release of the passengers." "At Aden airport, passengers and crew... swap for prisoners... have arrived in Cairo... prisoners in his country will be... emergency landing!" "Baader Meinhof Gang terrorists who are also holding Hanns-Martin Schleyer... passenger swap in Dubai." "do not condone the actions of political gangsters." "Comrade, they turned us down." "And where does that leave us?" "Everything's gone wrong!" "Everything!" "They've taken off again." "One pilot shot." "The plan was to stay in Aden." "What does it mean?" "Baby, this thing is complete bullshit." "Landed in Somalia yesterday." "The body of pilot Jargen Schumann was dumped... before taking off again." "We cannot intervene, even if... we could actually speak with them." "We do not approve of killing innocent civilians." "The Federal Government, unlike ourselves, goes too far, is too violent." "I want to see the prison chaplain." "Whatever happens, it's not our doing." "Our policies are far more measured." "Do you really believe that?" "Last month, 8 children were left fatherless." "We have no control over the actions of those outside." "We will be judged by generations to come." "If Schleyer escapes, good." "I'm tired of it." "I wish to request... materials to make a will." "The full legal documents, if possible." "And I'd like some help in filling it out properly." "But Miss Ennslin..." "With that done, I will no longer fear my fate." "But surely you don't feel that you are in danger?" "I could die at any time." "You know what is going on outside... that they're trying to get us out of here." "That fight has international dimensions." "What are you getting at?" "I ask you this:" "Wouldn't they prefer to see me vanish?" "Many states would want that." "In Western industrial countries the power structures... are not so secure that they would wish... to encourage a new wave of resistance groups to develop." "What is your influence on the current situation?" "Free us and the current actions will be successful." "Would the government want that to happen?" "The judges and the politicians, they want to avoid that at all costs." "Miss Ennslin, I hope we can continue to meet." "Farewell, father." "We have just received confirmation... the Lufthansa terrorist hijacking has ended... with all of the 86 passengers safely rescued." "A spokesman for the Ministry of the Interior has confirmed... that a German anti-terrorist squad stormed the plane last night." "The Bonn government has issued a statement..." "Refused to release the jailed terrorists." "these brutal actions have not succeeded." "Good morning." "Good morning." "Mr.Raspe." "Miss Meller." "Miss Meller." "Alive." "Miss Ennslin." "The pigs really did it." "They killed all of them!" "Enough." "But they killed them all!" "Open murder!" "They sacrificed themselves." "The time was not right." "What?" "Are you joking?" "What do you mean?" "They were at risk." "Get them out immediately!" "Immediately!" "Those were your words." "They knew the risks." "They had their alternatives." "They made their choices." "What happened was their own doing." "And Ulrike?" "Her, too." "I think they recognized... that the end had come." "Belgian French Border October, 1977"