Person

Horst Mahler

Acting · 1936–2025 · 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 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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  World in Action

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  The Lawyers

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  International Terrorism Since 1945

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  Germany in Autumn

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  The History of the RAF

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  The RAF: The Red Army Fraction

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• 2015The History of the RAFSelf (Archive footage)
• 2009The LawyersSelf
• 2009International Terrorism Since 1945Self (archive footage)
• 2007The RAF: The Red Army FractionSelf
• 1978Germany in AutumnSelf
• 1963World in Action