The trial against the "Reichsbürger" group, which allegedly planned to violently overthrow the German government, has begun in Munich. Alleged members are already on trial separately in Frankfurt and Stuttgart.
The third trial against the “Reichsbürger” group around Heinrich XIII Prinz Reuss begins on Tuesday at the Munich Higher Regional Court (OLG).
The eight defendants in Munich are accused of membership in, and in some cases founding, a terrorist organization and of preparing a so-called high treason enterprise.
Several of the Munich defendants allegedly belonged to the organization’s so-called “council” or to the command staff of its “military arm.”
The Munich Higher Regional Court has initially set 55 dates for the main trial, currently up until the end of January 2025.
The Reichsbürger, literally “citizens of the Reich,” is the name given to a disparate movement of conspiracy theorists who deny the legitimacy of Germany’s post-World War II Federal Republic.
Although there is some overlap with the far-right scene, “Reichsbürger” are distinguished by their adherence to four often debunked claims: That the pre-war German Empire (Reich) still legally exists, that the post-war Federal Republic of Germany does not have a valid constitution, that the Federal Republic is not a state at all but in fact a private corporation, and that Germany is still under Allied occupation.
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The third trial against the “Reichsbürger” group around Heinrich XIII Prinz Reuss begins on Tuesday at the Munich Higher Regional Court (OLG).
The eight defendants in Munich are accused of membership in, and in some cases founding, a terrorist organization and of preparing a so-called high treason enterprise.
Several of the Munich defendants allegedly belonged to the organization’s so-called “council” or to the command staff of its “military arm.”
The Munich Higher Regional Court has initially set 55 dates for the main trial, currently up until the end of January 2025.
The Reichsbürger, literally “citizens of the Reich,” is the name given to a disparate movement of conspiracy theorists who deny the legitimacy of Germany’s post-World War II Federal Republic.
Although there is some overlap with the far-right scene, “Reichsbürger” are distinguished by their adherence to four often debunked claims: That the pre-war German Empire (Reich) still legally exists, that the post-war Federal Republic of Germany does not have a valid constitution, that the Federal Republic is not a state at all but in fact a private corporation, and that Germany is still under Allied occupation.
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