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Reich Citizens

FILE - Participants of a demonstration of Reich citizens carry black and white and other flags in Potsdam, Germany, on November 14, 2020. (Christophe Gateau/dpa via AP, File)
May 13, 2025, 11:27 am
Germany bans far-right extremist ‘Reich citizen’ group, arrests 4 of its leaders
Government says antisemitic ‘Kingdom of Germany’ organization tried to create ‘counter-state,’ undermining country by refusing to pay taxes, claiming illegitimacy of German state
By Kirsten Grieshaber
One of nine suspected participants in a coup plot wears handcuffs as he is brought to the courtroom to take the stand in the first set of proceedings in Stuttgart, southern Germany, on April 29, 2024. (Bernd Weißbrod/POOL/AFP)
April 29, 2024, 2:14 pm
9 on trial in Germany for terrorism over alleged far-right coup plot to revive Reich
17 others to face court at later date; defendants include former lawmaker, self-styled prince thought to be leader of group that professed ‘conglomerate of conspiracy theories’
By Kirsten Grieshaber
Illustrative: German police officers at Herrmannplatz, Berlin, on October 11, 2023. (John MACDOUGALL / AFP)
November 23, 2023, 2:05 pm
German police raid homes of 20 alleged supporters of far-right Reich Citizens movement
Prosecutors say ‘Reichsbuerger’ movement, behind last year’s failed putsch, planned to ‘destabilize’ the state through social media
By Agencies
Illustrative: Heavily armed police inspect the area near a Jehovah's Witness church where several people have been killed in a shooting in Hamburg, northern Germany, on late March 9, 2023. (Daniel Reinhardt / AFP)
March 22, 2023, 3:25 pm
Police officer shot at during German raids linked to far-right group
Investigators conduct searches targeting members of conspiratorial Reich Citizens movement, a group implicated in alleged Bundestag coup plot foiled in December
By AP
People walk past the Reichstag building while being reflected in a puddle in Berlin, Germany, September 6, 2022. (AP/Christoph Soeder)
January 23, 2023, 7:38 pm
Five Germans charged over putsch plot, plan to kidnap health minister
Group allegedly aimed to create ‘civil war-like conditions’ in Germany, violently overthrow democratic government, restore authoritarian 19th-century Reich
By AFP
An unnamed suspect, second right, is escorted from a police helicopter by officers in Karlsruhe, Germany, Dec. 7, 2022 (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
December 10, 2022, 1:36 pm
Ex-cop tasked with protecting Jewish community said among German coup plot suspects
Celebrity chef whose daughter is girlfriend of Real Madrid soccer star also reportedly arrested; prosecutors confirm 23 detained in Germany, extradition sought for 2 more
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Illustrative: Police perform a raid on suspected members of the Reichsbürger far-right group in Saaldorf, Germany, December 7, 2022. (Bodo Schackow/picture alliance via Getty Images)
December 8, 2022, 3:22 pm
German officials predict second wave of arrests over curious far-right coup plot
Top security official accuses AfD party of fueling conspiracy theories that sparked bizarre plan to storm parliament and overthrow the government
By Agencies
File - Masked police officers lead Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss, center, to a police vehicle during a raid against so-called 'Reich citizens' in Frankfurt, Germany, December 7, 2022. (Boris Roessler/DPA via AP)
December 8, 2022, 2:47 am
Self-styled prince, ex-judge among those held for bizarre coup plot in Germany
3,000 cops raid 150 sites; federal prosecutors allege suspects believe in conspiracy theories such as narratives from the so-called Reich Citizens as well as QAnon ideology
By AP
Police officers stand by a searched property in Frankfurt during a raid against so-called Reich citizens in Frankfurt, Germany, December 7, 2022. (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP)
December 7, 2022, 11:12 am
Germany busts far-right terror cell said planning coup with violent Reichstag attack
Authorities say 25 arrested; special forces army barracks said searched; group said to have been in contact with Russian officials; former AfD lawmaker and ex-soldiers detained
By Agencies
Wolfgang Plan arrives for a hearing in the district court in Nuremberg, Germany, on October 23, 2017. (AFP Photo/dpa/Daniel Karmann)
October 23, 2017, 8:26 pm
German far-right militant jailed for life for police murder
Reichsbuerger member Wolfgang Plan also convicted for 2 counts of attempted murder for firing at officers during raid on his home
By AFP
Wolfgang Plan, alleged member of the far-right movement "Citizens of the Reich" (Reichsbuerger), arrives at his trial at the Nuremberg-Fuerth Court in Nuremberg, southern Germany on August 29, 2017. (Daniel Karmann / dpa / AFP)
August 29, 2017, 4:22 pm
German ‘Reichsbuerger’ suspect on trial for police murder
Wolfgang Plan denies charges, says he never intended to kill anyone and is not affiliated with far-right ‘Citizens of the Reich’
By AFP
This photo taken on October 19, 2016 shows a policeman pictured in Georgensgmuend, southern Germany, in front of a house of a member of the so-called Reichsbuerger movement. (AFP/dpa/Nicolas Armer)
August 29, 2017, 8:58 am
Who are Germany’s ‘Citizens of the Reich’?
Far-right ‘Reichsbuerger’ links neo-Nazis, gun enthusiasts and conspiracy theorists, including one member on trial for killing a cop
By AFP
This photo taken on October 19, 2016 shows a policeman pictured in Georgensgmuend, southern Germany, in front of a house of a member of the so-called Reichsbuerger movement. (AFP/dpa/Nicolas Armer)
January 28, 2017, 8:28 am
Germany cracks down on ‘Citizens of the Reich’
Reichsbuerger movement said to follow an ‘ideological mix of conspiracy theories, anti-Semitic and anti-democratic views’
By Frank Zeller
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