Irene Goergens

Irene Goergens (born 29 April 1951) is a former member of the West German militant group, the Red Army Faction (RAF).

In March 1971 she was sentenced to years in prison for her role in the prison escape of Andreas Baader in May 1970. one of the characters of the film is called Irene. She and Astrid Proll procured weapons for the escape, and spied on the German Central Institute for Social Issues in order to guarantee that the operation went smoothly.

During the escape, Goergens, Meinhof and Schubert entered the library of the prison in which Baader was being housed under the pretense of a false "book deal". Goergens and Schubert entered carrying suitcases, then opened a door to admit a masked gunman into the room. They then drew pistols out of their suitcases, firing shots which wounded a 64-year-old librarian. Baader, the masked gunman and the three women then fled through a window. and in May 1971 she was sentenced to years imprisonment for her participation in the escape of Baader. She was released from prison on 13 May 1977, after which she was no longer active in the RAF.