Germany bans biggest 'Reichsbürger' group and arrests four of its leaders

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Germany bans biggest 'Reichsbürger' group and arrests four of its leaders  German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said the so-called "Königreich Deutschland" (Kingdom of Germany) group had created a "counter-state".  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/05/13/germany-bans-biggest-reichsburger-group-and-arrests-four-of-its-leaders  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:01German authorities banned the far-right group Kingdom of Germany on Tuesday,

00:05raiding properties and arresting four leaders, including founder Pieter Pitzek.

00:09The organization is linked to the Reichburger movement,

00:12which rejects the modern German state.

00:15Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said it's estimated 1,000 members,

00:20whose claim to power is underpinned by antisemitic conspiracy theories,

00:24form the counter-state along with economic criminal structures.

00:28I say here clearly, it doesn't matter,

00:32what maybe even a title of the association could say,

00:37um harmlose Nostalgiker,

00:40but it's about criminal structures and a criminal network.

00:46And so today it is forbidden.

00:48To this purpose wurden Liegenschaften erworben,

00:53Teilorganisationen gegründet,

00:56wie eine sogenannte Königliche Reichsbank

01:00oder eine sogenannte Deutsche Heilfürsorge,

01:04mittels derer Geldmittel beschafft wurden.

01:09The Kingdom of Germany was proclaimed in 2012,

01:12claiming to be separate from the federal government.

01:15Berlin has long warned of the growing far-right extremist threat

01:18and conducted previous crackdowns.

01:21In March, five Reichburger plotters were jailed,

01:24after 25 others were arrested in December 2022 for a similar coup plan.

01:29Berlin

01:36The他

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