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still to go i'm present 975 the leaders of the red army faction terrorist group were on trial. and put says my generation was on trial today and it could go good to where they revolutionaries kilis the trial divided the country. the should be shot of the who kills reasoned debate pushed on to and there were only 2 colors black and white stripes and ties vyas there were confrontations in the courtroom as well. made he also made now for the it's not like mickey have any i'll chase after not only me good piece i'll sleep it wasn't easy for the judges to face germany was in turmoil how could justice be served in the shadow of terrorism. as funny it was oppressive i was completely worn out. the defendants was sentenced to life in prison and day one the only ones.

victory prison in 1984 a few weeks before the start of the trial or if member horgan minds had been on a hunger strike for 2 months he would be to be moved to the same prison as the other members of the group he called his lawyers. it was still mean 3 was already so weak and the macy 8 said that i have to put my ear close to his mouth to understand with my back and he said please make sure that they move me to shun time as soon as possible with each. country it was right before the weekend by the high tide of 24 and. minds as lawyers notified judge to order or printing who was presiding over the r f trial prince in cold the prison in victory. kind of

a decisive and that's no one told me that he was on his deathbed he was still walking around no doctor was attending him and he wasn't considered at risk that these are all finished i spent all of. that same night november the 9th the lawyers and relatives of the aria of prisoners held a solidarity event. they wanted the inmates strict prison conditions to be relaxed. the judges don't gabriela print saying also attended it with a thought and i sympathized with the red army faction at the time as long as they had the courage to go beyond philosophy and debate but they took action. and took a keen young. gathering was interrupted by some bad news by other minds has died.

yeah you. just remove the situation became tense right away and he saw a few days he could feel here i wish that everyone stood up. not. on target and i was shaken because i knew that when they said murderer they meant my father and warriors we decided right away to go to the judge's home and protest against or on painting on porter's 3 young. prince sings address was listed in stuart god's telephone directory his daughter called to warn him. that wouldn't stand since they stood down there and called out murder there were $200.00 or $300.00 people at the house we had 2 police officers armed with submachine guns ready to fire after the demonstrators left but that was only the beginning. here toward for the death of hologram mines also

stepped up the pressure on the court system put it your gig and on the judge can sing for the theme. and plan for the aria have set its sights on the judge. because nobody is going out this vote there could. never forget those events on the one hand i feared for my father's life and i didn't want anything to happen to him . but i could also understand the outrage over the death of hunger months. and clowe localise shall see while she was on the far left politically like most students at the time and it's understood that words like the state of. this generation had been shaped by the german student movement of 968 but they wanted change students. demonstrated against the state the author of his

and germany's nazi past. we wanted to change things we didn't want to see fascism or nazi isn't ever again that was the main thing. the street battles of 968 had a profound impact on an entire generation of young people some sort of violence as the only real way to achieve change. that included whole governments a student at the time minds joined an underground group called the red army faction . its founders andreas baader goodwin enslin planned to use terrorist attacks to create the foundation for an anti imperialist revolution journalist or wicca mindful of also joined the group. in 1992 they already have carried out a series of deadly bombings including some aimed at u.s. troops in west germany it was a protest against the war in vietnam but by

a hog mind it was widely known that the u.s. forces stationed here played an important role in the criminal war in vietnam worth a concrete phuong in vietnam 4 people were killed and 50 others were wounded in the attacks many who had sympathized with bob and mike over horrified by the increase in violence but the antiwar protests brought together they are a half and leftist groups in west germany. vite in some people including intellectuals artists students university students and staff felt a certain affinity with the r.a.f. have truth and. in june 1972 police counted 3 key members of the warehouse in frankfurt or the mines younger and underway as bada. good to enslin and when we combined hope were arrested soon

afterwards. the scot docks and there was a major contradiction with the r.a.f. and that trial and all that culture is this you know they have the most impact and post the greatest threat and one still leaders have been put behind bars into schwarzenegger path once and. the r.a.f. defendants was sent to sham home prison and stock got a special court facility was built on the prison grounds at a cost of $12000000.00 monks it was a unique development in west german history the judge hearing the case was an experienced legal scholar and a form of a mark left town. for the nz enacts this case will follow strict legal procedures we will ensure that the rights of the accused are guaranteed to get it out of afghanistan and if you can the court will

not allow those rights to be abused by either side when i know. if you on that 1st 3 lawyers had a normal and informal relationship with the judge for comfort or fairness when they wished how did you hear from them that's is i had hoped that given my courtroom experience i would at least be able to impose a sense of order on the proceedings in a 3 to his knee or shuffle can define hundreds of civil. in late 1974 the area of prisoners were transferred to stomp on the trial against enslin rasper bada mind over and mines was to start there in a few weeks the charges against them included 4 counts of murder the group would already claimed responsibility for the killings the defendants faced life in prison and they decided to use hunger strikes to protest the strict prison conditions that

the author of his own imposed on them. yes that is now from when it was the 1st time since 1905 that prisoners had used their own bodies as a weapon it was a huge stash because it could end in their deaths as it did with hunger months on the money. minds his death was a disaster for the justice system the author orators were now in the dock and the red army faction had its 1st martyr. the fight continues. there were accusations that mine's lawyers were deliberately complicit in his death and that they were simply trying to stir things up before the trial started. for the aryans lawyers particularly close quote this was much more than just another trial. i had always had a strong social conscience. but over time of course his support for groups like the

r.a.f. got him into trouble i mean it up he taught. in december 974 course some arranged for french philosopher john paul sounds good to visit and various body inched um hi i'm. in the mines and there was some opposition among the other judges but it was my decision alone and i was comfortable with it and i wanted people to see that we weren't trying to isolate the defendants from the public. side to a mistakenly believe that the sponsor and visitors room was actually bought to sell there was a huge controversy and santa raised claims of psychological torture. the neon light is on all the time they only switch it off at 11 pm for him and not at all for the other inmates. afterwards already have sympathizers formed anti torture groups to support the prisoners some even demanded that liberation.

is ok 2nd r.a.f. generation was recruited mostly from these groups the fatah committees. and stucco april 9756 2nd generation r.t.f. members known as the holga mines command to cost the jews and the german embassy they demanded the release of the sham home prisoners to embassy employees were killed that night explosives that the hostage takers had brought with them blew up wounding all of the attackers pushed on heim prisoners found out about the incident despite strict security measures and the news broke that the siege had ended a crowd gathered outside the prison. oh that's a mountain hang on. i agree to my no hope the who cares let him out and shoot him. an eye for an eye. lynch law instead of

a fair trial as long as they are enough leaders were in prison the terrorist attacks would continue to shut the they didn't come things down at all or him on the contrary that it made the situation even worse discount plus kayleigh by guitar the trial started on may the 21st $975.00. of armstrong are just now a lot of foreign journalists with their reporters from a number of countries came to shoot down time the mood was tense there were police on horseback in armored vehicles and in a helicopter. it was the biggest terrorist trial in west german history some of the spectators supported they are af. bring new people to i'm here for the trial because of bada the whole red army faction and the goals that they're pursuing. to save initial. a 16 year old student from stuttgart was also there under his file was a member of a christian democrat youth group you know me as

a city official told me that if the government had a file on me i shouldn't go if i wanted to get ahead in my career. and get on a hearing the author of his camp to particularly close out on the sympathizers. many school and the university students and teachers was suspected of supporting the r.f. . there was a lot of suspicion on both sides. many of the sympathizers believed the state could not guarantee a free trial. and there was another hunger strike. when the defendants appeared in court for the 1st time they seem to be in poor health. at least their weight is a concern. for all of us are ways around 48 kilograms. and strain 42 well over them i know 40 and a half and bought

a waist 50 kilos of in particular that's unsafe the defendants had such a high public profile that bother could say if we go on a hunger strike the entire country pays attention in the home of. the cancer probably. the judge's daughter gabriela joined a solidarity committee. move on and we did things like that all the time if it involved the r.a.f. i was in now. bunch of the defendants were ruled unfit to stand trial the trial could be suspended judged prince ing suspected that this was the reason behind the hunger strike yes it's just been hoped that when other defendants whites accurate titans how did this happen to you from a medical perspective is it possible that the defendants are intentionally losing weight as the elite inventing me turn to give me shit up nominees ape's to buy fuel in. about a 5 on

a series of reason making for didn't just happen to. put laws were no on the books that allowed trials to take place without the defendants being present that was no coincidence. says 50 sorry other countries the civil side it's been 40 years now and says so i can speak openly and state. but obviously i think the court knew that the defendants would continue their hunger strike to the point where they no longer be fit to stand trial it is hard to say not boy kept on tot the sky so there would have been no point to even start the trial. what kind seen how that's not making unfair. allies could take that they find that known than not some judges were pushing for this change in the law here and i believe events given tough and i'm through it would have been

another reason for me to suspect bias by the court and ubisoft mistake of one type of using the new law was apparently initiated in part by the court itself also limited the rights of the defendant's lawyers the court accused hans christian should work of supporting the r.f. and took him off the defense team close quote some and court good of all to also removed doesn't matter to me that prompted a lot of criticism from other countries in the political trial the defense lawyers are often taken off the case now happens everywhere. arre of lawyers were outraged . if you know the defense team has been gutted 3 of the defendants lawyers have been removed just before the start of the trial or if there is no defense team anymore it. gudrid ensign's

lawyer took a combative stance the last mission is also made now for the it's not like make you have any outrage at the me good deeds i'll say they'd meet i'm on the line you can get immediate hours a day like this and by 9 f. words it's nature to me it's not it doesn't make the outreach are they should operate you know it's been a very important as every morning when we walked into court we experienced a wave of aggression and hostility and even hatred as. bad are these colleagues use the trial as a political platform. they were very confident they were articulate and eloquent and made it quite clear that they had no intention of participating in a regular trial of the seawall they wanted to politicize it from the very start and the board inputs this one phone and i put it in. the top for the 1st top tier.

and on and on for farm the funny. thing contest the island it took me 15 about adults who were tied in yet another spot. this will be seen and sold in big standing up trifle. and they spoke out against the vietnam war you could say that they did so improperly but they have a right to speak and that's the nature of a trial like this is he isn't and so he can feel senses and i think he's counting my people the course you could understand why plan saying and the other judges were upset that he found and slashed outrun them salted them but if one told judge cleansing to shut up. p.p.d. it's going to i don't know what fights me to give i'd actually feel privileged just that definitely wasn't easy for the judges but i wasn't on their side i was on the other side we have to set. at press conferences the law is focused on the

defendants political philosophy that's getting stuck in the court has rejected an investigation into the extent to which the west germany government was involved in the criminal us war of aggression against vietnam in vietnam 5 acres around. the goal was to use the trial to attack the justice system teel on those who states the insult fest how to for another but i think it's nonsense to claim that anyone was to be humiliated or made a victim the balance of power was quite different back then after fairness. and if god is god we can't. and you don't need all of a. funnell now that their man is he been the one who had come and he's a tease if you listen to the tapes you'll see that it wasn't the defendants who were aggressive toward the judges. it was the lawyers. unbidden on

think to shaft the defense lawyers stoled the trial by constantly raising accusations that judge brinn singh was biased they were divisions between already have supporters and opponents and not just in the courtroom. in the us you know tightening our student newspaper covered the trial so the school officials banned it then we sold it in front of the school we painted a red line on the ground and said this is where germany's democracy ends the afoul disport obvious you know there was so much polarization and hostility back then extreme i take it he said president the trial outraged many average citizens. have they need tougher jail conditions and worse food me me me. they haven't eaten in weeks. they're too lazy that it's too much for them

to listen let me the 3rd reich is gone. i hope it'll come back. because i mean until i have folders full of mail that includes slanderous remarks and death threats but instead say things like how can you defend a nerd or as why not. good for the i'm good for the worst case it was when someone sent me a bullet or no and a letter that said this is a death sentence made i'm glad believe best i told you so tight theater director klaus primer was also accused of being an area of sympathizer crime and had supported a from raising efforts so that goodwin enslin could have some dental work done on committee of the in thing i came back from holiday and saw myself on the cover of the bill it newspaper that this man funds the underground much bigger pine one donates $10000.00 marks i broke out in a cold sweat. the article generated

a negative response to say the least. and frightening detain someone should smash your teeth and you jerk will have you no sense of decency you swine. and when you scumbag you'll be next like you should be gassed. preferably with claude rain or fostering best maclow up with a fuss again. the authorities knew that as long as the army of leaders remained in jail there would likely be more terrorist attacks police stepped up the search for possible accomplices deportee 30 hoped to by feet in some violent where i live now police shot and killed a man from scotland because they thought he was linked to the r.a.f. home. bottom line of it was terrible. for by.

the public pressure brought the defendants and the lawyers closer together under arrest bonded demanded the attorneys adopt the aria of scientology and recruit new supporters house correspondent. is that it's those are unfortunately germany's fascist tradition continues speak of wouldn't give oftenest the chords and the defense lawyers battle to win public opinion in the 1970 s. germany's nazi past was still a major discussion topic and it came up at the trial. we see here there were groups of agitators who it was incredible the defendants and their lawyers contributed a lot to that during the trial and it is a tactic and situation but it's our escape that there is a notion among leftist groups and the r.a.f. which is part of the left that they are dealing with a fascist system here in west germany. that's money smit and it's run

by former perpetrators it's a tool not in debt and i like it. not only for the sock hop a defense lawyer claimed that one of the judges had a nazi background and said this was a scandal. is just simple to quote going on and thus hell front lawton's in. america to hide. dr pointing to the support of korea on to our shores it was clear to us that the judicial systems was full of people who had participated in a nazi regime the. na not and not you saw more and more of them as you went up the chain of command with joy ficca follow it and you shall better not make a must. but the claims were unfounded todo a princeling was never a nazi judge in fact prince in convicted several defendants on charges of war

crimes including those involved in the massacre of a number of polish academics and their families in the evolve in 1941 so printing actually worked to bring former nazis to justice. and if i wasn't aware of face previous rulings for. cheating back. in the 1st year of the trial alone the lawyers filed $45.00 complaints of bias against judge princeling others criticised him too as well the only focus was always on him. the criticism was quite severe at times and every day from all sides with cole and at the time no other judge attracted so much negative media attention these constant attacks on the competence of the judges certainly complicated the situation at the trial and

harvested furniture the automata imports sounds he does his stuff not so i'm posing should be vastly playing and i asked therefore you didn't they don't have x. invite i'm partially spearmint thanks stably your greatest guy stories that i'm back on vi posting speer me to thank start yelling self that was a vendetta vital in decent tone of even the poser i only can you for the audio the defense attorneys filed a motion. and then said that their client wanted to confirm this motion personnel of. michigan but he never appeared and called. instead the lawyers criticized german society and outlined their revolutionary philosophy yeah i'm very high as lawyers it was our job to defend our clients and their rights diomedes to do a thing if they wanted to say something but couldn't because then it was up to us

to do it. gov coverage of stories to that. and surely felt that they had to do more than just follow that client's orders. but other defense lawyers who identified with the r.a.f. secretly smuggled messages various kinds of equipment and even weapons into the prison. because the problem was that there were. some defense lawyers who had actually joined the red army faction. f.x. mickey to august 1st but getting more hoped r.a.f. member billy get to moon how one said the quest solo office in stuttgart with cross mila valor and don is the official home of the red army faction. he gained. baader meinhof from enslin led the aria even while they were in prison. they kept

in touch through smuggled messages and by korea. and some lawyers set up a messaging system that the r.t.f. itself late to used. and because it was not used as it was intended for the here in the info system was quite harmless tom it was meant to be used by the defense team and by our clients if you know him. i'm since they were facing long prison sentences if ya for the. later the author it is relaxed some of the prisoners jail conditions. in the country entire 7th floor belongs to them and they're allowed to be together when the doors are open during the day and you know they all have a t.v. and all sorts of conveniences pouncing on they have a lot of outside support so they're allowed to read. on how. can we

show all that know. tighe are on the throne and the. this guy up and demand some is it the s.s. . now if sympathy is they are a.f. sympathizers and the state both wanted to portray this prison as really tough maybe even extreme the movie your eyes the sympathizers wanted to show that the state was definitely proto fascist if not already fascist many so got under state government wanted to make it clear that the prison was definitely not a hotel or fox and you can even sometimes when under this kind we're here for it's all the trial turned the r.a.f. into a political force and the defendants reminded the court of this but every term for all minority whomping meeting i see choice on windows or not every week or see it wasn't up most of them i was on the guessing not in the 1st the gaps the black

slave believed that you don't talk to class enemies like representatives of the judicial system you shoot them he's. the arias combat reserves consisted of around a 100 hardcore supporters. to yodel couldn't sing was now one of the group's top targets. people which are you have these other cavemen the police gave us code words to use if we were kidnapped to prove our identity and walk north of the heels of a suitcase or cripple so as a stay in. a specific group had planned and south a nation. just to get his car was to be blown up with him and. they'd already planned the route and the day and intact. but the attack on pushing never took place

a remote detonate of failed the ari have had tried once before to kill a judge in 972 votes going bad and bad only just avoided being assassinated his wife was badly wounded they are after a while dominated judge princelings private life. around palin actually fought all the time we argued and debated. and perhaps i'm used to our efforts to get a rise out of my father once in a while. to. hime prisoners and their sympathizers shared the same set of rules. discovered northpoint of the fighters has been you were either friend or foe if you deviated from the political line or if you have questions or doubts you are out

they threatened you a bit and then they tossed you out there listening to straighten up history. berger and ensuing put pressure on the mind of who was psychologically stable. during the trial might of seemed to make a cry for help. if i was be kind and he would not have a fungal in used youth to have been through a candy i'm going to i'm going on the board that's as unfair and heightened in the me he kind of as another thought sean. absolute. went up and down and so i know there is a man says oh my god some ugliness and i got the same kind of pattern and the initial ideas have stomachs and pushed and i didn't understand that word at the time the defendant said a lot that you couldn't understand when you were stunned at what i saw a moment of went out and stroking the concrete wall with a hand that. i almost felt like crying that 1st line.

of mine over hanged herself in his cell or made the 9th 1976. the r.a.f. now had a 2nd maga after a horrible months and i said to tell i had lunch with my father and i was really upset about my half before my attitude was like how could he couldn't. already have supporters were convinced that my hope was murdered but the trial continued without interruption my dogs name was simply removed from the list of defend. going out on porch discovering new laws then the defendants demanded a break in the trial because they post at the commons so that they could properly grieve for mine whole but we knew from material taken from their jail cells that her colleagues put such pressure on her that she was driven into this unfortunate situation and can get the hang tuah in and so he can mislead his into out on some

people believe that they are of lead martyrs like mind of and that the state had no intention of conducting a fair trial they thought that the government's goal was to destroy the r.f. . i was torn between the 2 sides i could see things from the judge's point of view even though i identified more with the defendants sometimes i switched sides from one moment to the next it was a complete madhouse. haulers been hit and the courtroom proceedings also took a toll on judge put singh's nerves he hadn't expected a trial like this. as i don't think he was quite up to the challenge that you couldn't impose a workable structure that was difficult with those the fandoms and their attorneys and still a judge has to impose some structure on

a truck and he sits most monday for me and it was more than about cleansing allowed himself get bogged down in the petty details and he can discus you on and get us prince he made mistakes and in january 977 he even considered quitting the trial this in colleagues i discussed it with a colleague the aggravation just wasn't worth it the atmosphere was oppressive i realise that the trial had taken a lot out of me. but before he could jump the defense lawyers pushed him. then from front of the judge to your dock wincing quick at the trial on january 20th 977 after the fans attorneys felt their 85th complained of bias against him. i felt sorry for him but i also said thank god that's over with and by princelings deputy abel hot food took his place.

darby high told him that he often joint to see the good side of label and that was a mistake scoot image and he thought he could discuss things rationally with an equal and i'm full nymph to you but he couldn't do it but some of the people in that courtroom later acquitted him so i'll do it to me dave couldn't produce least . and he said he and he let the defendant speak but made it clear that he was not going to engage in extensive political debates. i think that led to a certain objectification of the trial if you can call them that in mid march 977 there was a new development to authorities had violated the rules of attorney client privilege . on the stations between the bottom line of rope and their lawyers were recorded as soon as that information became public the trial was adjourned at the request of the defense team and its ok on phone tucked in the air in

a state that values the rule of law the integrity of defense counsel is essential this is sec religious it's criminal this trial is essentially openness to see if he needs to be released i thought it couldn't be done i seriously thought about giving up getting him face and so. on april the 7th 1977 an area of government shot and killed germany's attorney general sigfried. buttes act to places bluebox car was stopped at a traffic lodging calls war driver was also killed the passenger later died of his wounds the murders pushed the wiretapping case off the front pages of the trial resume a verdict was announced on april 28th my head if you could have heard a pin drop in the courtroom as the presiding judge spoke the defendants have been found guilty on 4 counts of murder numerous attempted murders bombing attacks and forming a criminal organization of the court sentences all 3 of you to life in prison if i

make off your research money we discussed the verdict and decided that it was correct or would remain currently that i can be kept a person who is not a legal expert could look at this case and accept the good it is but if you are a legal expert. you're familiar with the trial yet realize that it was a disgrace and shanika vs. the trial was complicated there was the wiretapping controversy and the defendants and the lawyers kept making political speeches. minority are giving the verdict was intended to serve justice and restore a certain level of come to society to him free media used to of but the verdict had the opposite effect the remaining members of the our abstract up that campaign of domestic terrorism in september 977 they kidnapped hounds martin trial

a business executive and industry representative and demanded the release of the sham i'm presents. you know toba the palestinian group hijacked a lot of times a passenger jet took $86.00 passengers hostage and also demanded the prisoners release. a west german federal police unit rescue the hostages on october the 8th changed bottle and sting and rasper were found dead in the prison cells. the defendant's lawyers had appealed the court's verdict so technically speaking the ruling was never implemented. that is the supremes irony of this case which caused such deep divisions in west german society. is a constant of tylenol interested in fire back then there was sharply defined concepts of right and wrong good and bad true and false and black and white does.

that's only in the late 1990 s. did people start asking questions as coming out and it annoyance k r and when you saw it it people are more careful today we've learned that the legal system alone can't fight terrorism. it also needs to be addressed politically and poorly to. there must be a very deliberate strategy of deescalation the escalades one starting it's of the arias trial had a profound effect on judge brinn singh is me he has caused a great deal of stress in my life. even 10 years later he was still having a lot of trouble with and i don't think he ever talk to anyone about it not even my mother. he worked through it on his own meticulous.

gabriella wincing never actively supported the r.f. but for some time after the trial she remained captivated by the organization and its ideology. if i spent 15 years dealing with that sort of garbage i mean it's so much i think like it. and i'm often ashamed of that. i should have come to the conclusion much earlier than out of fear that although these people were human beings and had a radical and idealistic philosophy. they were still killers in the field i mean it's kind of that should have been the bottom line for me. in april 998 more than 20 years after the stomach i'm verdict the road army faction formally announced

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