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Andreas Bernd Baader (Munich, 6 May 1943 - Stuttgart, 18 October 1977) was the leader of the radical left-wing terrorist group Red Army Faction (RAF), also known as Baader-Meinhof Group. In 1968, Baader, along with Gudrun Ensslin, among others, was sentenced to three years in prison for arson in two department stores in Frankfurt am Main. An armed group led by Ensslin managed to liberate him on May 14, 1970. They received help in this from the left-wing journalist Ulrike Meinhof. The liberation action is seen as the first act of arms of the RAF. The group, in addition to Baader, Ensslin and Meinhoff consisting of Holger Meins, Jan-Carl Raspe and others, was responsible for several bank robberies and bombings in the two years that followed. A total of four people were killed and more than 30 injured. On June 15, 1972, the most important figures, including Baader, were arrested and later sentenced to life imprisonment. Because of the "great danger" to German society, the arrested group members were placed in extra guarded institutions and were even given the status of prisoner of war. On October 18, 1977, Baader died of a gunshot wound to his cell in the Stuttgart-Stammheim prison.
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