Overview

• The ARD docudrama 'Stammheim – Zeit des Terrors' reconstructs the 1975 trial of Red Army Faction leaders using 20,000 pages of trial transcripts.
• Director Niki Stein suggests the film hints at the possibility of 'accompanied suicide' in the disputed 1977 deaths of the defendants.
• Archival audio tapes, uncovered in 2007, reveal the RAF defendants behaved more controlled during the trial than previously dramatized.
• The trial's extraordinary security measures and the defendants' claims of being prisoners of war under the Geneva Convention remain focal points of discussion.
• Victims' families share personal accounts, highlighting unresolved questions about accountability and the lasting trauma of RAF's actions.