The Rote Armee Fraktion/Red Army Faction was caused because of their political disagreement with the rest of German society. These people felt that their country was heading in a bad direction because the political structure of Germany was like that of a fascist state. They wanted to protest the oppression in Germany and the Vietnam War.
The RAF had three generations. It started with the first generation the original founders such as; Andreas Baader and his followers. The second generation of RAF held power until the 1970's, due to high terroristic actions taking place. The third and final generation was in existence from the 1980's to the 90's. Many of the terroristic actions were gone but the RAF still remained strong.
The end of the RAF came when the government was no longer able to compete against the group. The RAF began to lose credibility and their foundations when the Soviet Union was starting to dissipate. The May Offensive was probably another factor to the end of the RAF since many of the members were discovered and detained that day.
Some of the similarities from then and now is that the terrorism is still of a Guerilla type. This kind of terrorism was found in Germany during the RAF. Both groups thought it was necessary to take the drastic measures of a human life. In return though, each member was committed enough to take their own lives for the cause. The terrorism caused by the group then and now is still considered some of the worst.
http://terrorism.about.com/od/groupsleader1/p/RedArmyFaction.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Army_Faction
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