The End of Terrorism in the Federal Republic of Germany in the 1990s: the Ongoing European Exception?

Abstract

This article examines not only the last statement of the German far-left terrorist organization The Red Army Faction from spring 1998 but it goes all the way to the foundation of the most ruthless post-war terrorist organization in Europe. By analyzing their thoughts it tries to show origins of radical thinking in the German society after the Second World War.

Keywords

• terrorism
• Red Army Faction
• radicalism
• student protest movement