The History of the RAF (2015)
| First Air Date: | 2015, January 8 |
| Last Air Date: | 2015, February 25 |
| Status: | Ended |
| Seasons: | 1 |
| Episodes: | 6 |
| Episode Runtime: | 270 min |
| Created by: | Anne Kauth, Bernd Reufels |
| Countries: | Germany |
| Cast: | Gerhart Baum, Astrid Proll, Ulrike Meinhof, Horst Mahler, Hans-Christian Ströbele, Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, Brigitte Mohnhaupt, Christian Klar, Claus Peymann, Fritz Teufel, Rudi Dutschke |
Overview:
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.