Astrid Proll

Astrid Proll

78 (1947-05-29)
Kassel, Germany

Astrid Proll became known as a co-founder of the left-wing extremist terrorist organization Rote Armee Fraktion. She was involved in the liberation of Andreas Baader and was imprisoned from 1971 to 1974 and 1978 to 1980. She then worked as a photographer, author and editor.

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Children of the Revolution 2011 (6.7)

Inspired by the student revolutions of 1968, two women in Germany and Japan set out to plot world revolution as leaders of the Baader Meinhof Group and the Japanese Red Army. What were they fighting for and what have we learned?
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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.
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Die wilden Tiere 1969

Documents a one-week meeting of radical leftist activists known as "Knastkamp" (Prison battle), which took place in July 1969 in Ebrach, Bamberg.