Bowie, Laura ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9084-2142 (2024) Films as Theatres of Protest: the spatial dimensions of terrorism in 1970s West Germany. In: Perez Baquero, Rafael and Cayuela Sanchez, Salvador, (eds.) Terrifying Europe: History and Memory of Terrorism in European Identity. Estudios Europeos . ‎Marcial Pons Ediciones Jurídicas y Sociales, S.A., Madrid, Spain, pp. 167-202. ISBN 978-8413818177 (doi:10.2307/jj.26844213.10)

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Abstract

This analysis explores two films - Margarethe von Trotta’s Die bleierne Zeit [The Leaden Times] (1981) and Andres Veiel’s Wer, wenn nicht wir [If Not Us, Who?] (2011). These films are examined as representative of changing attitudes towards the terrorist activity of the First Generation of the Rote Armee Faktion [Red Army Faction or RAF] (1970-77) in post-war West Germany during the 1970s. Both films focus on the dynamics of the terrorist group, and yet, the varying distance from the events of the RAF themselves offer alternative interpretations and suggest a changing collective memory.

Item Type:	Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords:	terrorism, Germany, visual culture, film, 1970s, memory
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > D History (General) D History General and Old World > DD Germany N Fine Arts > N Visual arts (General) For photography, see TR
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Design and Creative Industries
Last Modified:	09 Oct 2025 09:08
URI:	https://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/51210

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