ABSTRACT
West Germany introduced a policy of berufsverboot (job ban) which prevented any individual considered to be linked to the Red Army Faction or other leftist militia taking up employment in the state sector. Many states, naturally enough, bar revolutionaries committed to the overthrow of the state from Civil Service positions but the German policy was controversial since it applied to any public service position and was believed to have discriminated against people with anti-governmental, but peacefully expressed, views (Wadlaw 1982: 121-126).
