The people who lost their lives in the confrontation between German left-wing terrorists and the state were not ordinary victims. The interpretative battles that raged around them played a major role in the bloody confrontation. Kevin Lenk traces those battles, showing that the history of left-wing terrorism and its impact on the Federal Republic of Germany cannot be understood without considering the political instrumentalization of its victims.

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Kevin Lenk, University of Münster, Germany.