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Horst Mahler
Haynau, Germany [now Chojnów, Poland]
Horst Mahler was a German former lawyer and political activist. He first came to fame as a lawyer for the left-wing activists of the 1968 movement. He was a co-founder of the RAF…
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Horst Mahler was a German former lawyer and political activist. He first came to fame as a lawyer for the left-wing activists of the 1968 movement. He was a co-founder of the RAF in 1970, the same year he ended up in prison. After his release, he was involved in right-wing extremist circles and defended right-wing extremists in court. Further years in prison followed until he was released in 2020. Mahler denied the Holocaust and made anti-Semitic statements.
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2015
The History of the RAF
TV show Self (Archive footage)
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2009
The Lawyers
Movie Self
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2009
International Terrorism Since 1945
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2007
The RAF: The Red Army Fraction
Movie Self
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1978
Germany in Autumn
Movie Self
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1963
World in Action
TV show
