Deborah Cole

And so they pushed for the maximum 15 years in prison.

The court ended up stopping short of that.

They did not convict her of attempted murder.

But, you know, she got a 13-year sentence, which, you know, as German sentences go, is quite high.

It does feel like a relic from a kind of bygone era.

And yet, you know, even this year in January, Berlin was hit by a sort of days-long blackout.

And it turned out that it was, you know, at least the group that claimed responsibility for this is still quite, you know, shadowy group that, you know, we're trying to sort of, you know, get to the bottom of.

But they have managed to escape capture as well.

But...

They put out this sort of manifesto that, you know, could have been written by members of the RAF.

You know, it was very, it was anti-capitalist.

And it was essentially saying that even these quite drastic means, you know, were justified given the crimes that were being committed in the name of German capitalist society.

So this kind of radicalism has not been entirely banished, but it is certainly not as front and center in German life, you know, as it had been

been for many decades at the height of the Cold War.

Landschule is a very unique place.

I mean, it's just a small town in Germany at first glance.

You've got the sort of Rhineland architecture and the sloping red roofs and these sort of 19th century buildings around.

You have the American fast food joints and you've got a nail salon with an American flag in front of it.

They had a fun fair going when we were there, decorated with Uncle Sam.

It's essentially just kind of one big welcome mat for Americans to feel part of this community.