In 1970s Germany, a fragile democracy faces threats from terrorism and the fear of an enemy within. Radicalized children of the Nazi generation, led by Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof, and Gudrun Ensslin, wage a violent war against American imperialism and the German establishment, many with Nazi pasts.

The Baader Meinhof Complex
The Red Army Faction, a German terrorist group, wreaked havoc in the late 1960s and '70s with a campaign of violence, including bombings, robberies, kidnappings, and assassinations.