Irene Goergens (born 29 April 1951) is a former member of the West German terrorist group, the Red Army Faction (RAF).
In 1970 Goergens joined the Baader-Meinhof-Gruppe, which carried out terrorist attacks from 1971 as the Rote Armee Fraktion (known in English as the Red Army Faction).
[5] 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".
[6] Goergens and Schubert entered carrying suitcases, then opened a door to admit a masked gunman into the room.