"The politics of the RAF are always immediately associated with armed struggle. But it was never supposed to be that way, and the fact that it became that way was a mistake."

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"Leftist groups often criticized the fact that the RAF acted primarily on a military, rather than a political, basis.

Yes, but only when it fit with their political concept. That's why these discussions always failed. I think the fundamental mistakes made by everyone, from groups on the radical-left in general to the RAF itself, was that we weren't based enough in reality and were too obsessed with ideology"

Contact Prisoners out of the Red Army Fraction (RAF). Most of them are more now more than 20 years in prison, most of the time in strict isolation.

* Birgit Hogefeld, Postfach 101155, 60011 Frankfurt
* Brigitte Mohnhaupt, Münchner Str. 33, 86551 Aichach
* Christian Klar, Schönbornstr. 32, 76646 Bruchsal
* Eva Haul, Obere Kreuzackerstr. 4, 60435 Frankfurt
* Heidi Schulz, Rochusstr. 350, 50827 Köln
* Helmut Pohl. Paradeplatz 5, 34613 Schwalmstadt
* Rolf Heissler, Ludwigshafenerstr. 20, 67227 Frankenthal
* Rolf-Clemens Wagner, Paradeplatz 5, 34613 Schwalmstadt