A psychiatrist on the Baader-Meinhof gang: „They seek salvation in a paranoia that blinds them to reality, because they believe everything that surrounds them is an evil machination”. On this point they are not blind. Man cannot, however, look upon the underlying evil and thus cannot escape the punishment of total blindness and corruption meted out to all except inspired seers, and especially those athletes who have overcome evil and been immunized before approaching the vision. For Arjuna the sight of God in his terrifying aspect is cathartic; he remains a warrior and a righteous man. For a Baader, a glimpse behind the veil produces mental upheaval. Ceronetti
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The Baader-Meinhof gang was a German terrorist organization that gained notoriety in the 1970s and 1980s. The group’s name is taken from Baader-Meinhof in which two of its leaders were convicted in 1976 and sentenced to life in prison. The name also refers to the group’s two main objectives: to create a Marxist revolution through the use of terrorism and guerrilla warfare, and to overthrow the social system in West Germany. The group had an international network with cells in more than ten countries, including the United States, Canada, Japan, and Britain. The most prominent members of this group were members of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) and members of its armed wing, the Red Army Faction (RAF).

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