a Marxist and Maoist terrorist organization in Germany; a network of underground guerillas who committed acts of violence in the service of the class struggle; a successor to the Baader-Meinhof Gang; became one of Europe's most feared terrorist groups; disbanded in 1998
The RedArmyFaction went out of business when the Berlin Wall came down and it lost its sanctuary in East Germany.
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The RedArmyFaction (RAF or "Baader-Meinhof Gang") in West Germany enjoyed miniscule popular support and was widely condemned and disparaged by that country's intelligentsia.
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The RedArmyFaction, a left-wing terrorist group founded in Germany in 1970, was referred to by the public though not by the members themselves as the Baader Meinhof Gang.