Irmgard Möller ( born 13 May 1947 ) is a former member of the German terrorist group the Red Army Faction ( RAF ) . Her father was a high school teacher , and before joining the RAF , she was a student of German studies . < ! -- Deleted image removed : According to prison reports , she attempted suicide by stabbing herself four times in the chest on the morning of 18 October 1977 . Of the imprisoned RAF leaders , only Möller survived what is widely assumed ( following extensive inquiries ) to have been the result of a suicide pact by the group . The other Red Army members Andreas Baader , Gudrun Ensslin and Jan-Carl Raspe died by gunshot or hanging . With the successful Mogadishu raid there was no more chance to escape jail . During the height of the German Autumn the nature of these suicides was believed by supporters and sympathizers to be suspicious given their location in a maximum security prison ; Möller herself has always maintained that she did not attempt suicide and that there was no pre-arranged suicide pact between the prisoners . She claims that the prisoners were murdered in response to the militants ' demands that the prisoners be released ( see German Autumn )
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Irmgard Möller