1. GFA, H 362, F 3164: 100–101. Joachim Fest also recalls Meinhof being “not one for action” (kein Aktionstyp), see Joachim Fest, Begegnungen. Über nahe und ferne Freunde (Reinbeck bei Hamburg: Rowohlt, 2004), 268; and
2. Jillian Becker cites Eva Rühmkorf’s recollection of Meinhof telling her, “People like you and me may think about throwing stones at other people, but we wouldn’t actually do it,” see Jillian Becker, Hitler’s Children: The Story of the Baader-Meinhof Terrorist Gang (London: Joseph, 1977), 154.
3. Bettina Röhl cites Klaus Rainer Röhl’s recollection that Meinhof clearly enjoyed working undercover and taking part in clandestine meetings, see Bettina Röhl, So macht Kommunismus Spaß. Ulrike Meinhof, Klaus Rainer Röhl und die Akte KONKRET (Hamburg: Europäische Verlagsanstalt, 2006), 241.
4. “freute sich wie ein Schneekönig,” see Heinrich Hannover, Die Republik vor Gericht 1954–1995. Erinnerungen eines unbequemen Rechtsanwalts (Berlin: Aufbau Taschenbuch Verlag, 2005), 387.
5. GFA, H 362, F 3166: 208–9. Beate Sturm, who was a member of the RAF until 1971, also described how Baader’s behavior in the underground was able to make “politically heroic ideas” (politisch-heroischen Vorstellungen) disappear and convince her they were now in a real crime thriller, see Beate Sturm, “Man kann nur zurückbrüllen” Der Spiegel 7 (1972): 57.