Horst Mahler
Born: 1936-01-23 in Haynau, Germany [now Chojnów, Poland]
Died: 2025-07-27
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2015
- The History of the RAF as Self (Archive footage)
2009
- International Terrorism Since 1945 as Self (archive footage)
- The Lawyers as Self
2007
- The RAF: The Red Army Fraction as Self
1978
- Germany in Autumn as Self