

“Everyone involved in this operation knew that it could only be carried out by using deadly force of arms against the police and security forces of the German Bundestag (parliament),” the prosecution document states. She had retained the privilege of taking up to six visitors through the Reichstag complex. The politician – who has not been named – reportedly served in government between 20 and had been a judge in Berlin. Visitors snap photos of one another outside the Reichstag, seat of the Bundestag, Germany's parliament. This included details of a feudal system of government intended to replace the German Federal Republic. The planning of the armed coup was found to be disturbingly advanced at the time of the arrests, documents submitted to the court claim. Instead, it wants to create a new monarchy and enforce its anti-Semitic and white supremacist ideology.Īuthorities have told the Federal Court that the September tour was used by the Reichsbürger operatives to photograph and video routes through Berlin’s Reichstag building and nearby government offices. Its dogma rejects democracy and the legitimacy of existing governments, laws and regulations. Reichsbürger is an offshoot of the Sovereign Citizen movement. In December, 3000 police swept through houses and workplaces in Austria, Germany and Italy to arrest 25 people for plotting to “eliminate the existing state order in Germany … using violence and military means”. Germany’s Federal Court has been told a female former politician and hard line AfD political party member had led three members of the far-right terrorist organisation Reichsbürger (Reich Citizens) on a guided tour of the nation’s parliament house – the Reichstag. New details of a disrupted coup plot reveal plans were well advanced for a full-frontal assault on the nation’s government.Īnd the revelation comes as the “suspect” Alternative for Germany (AfD) right-wing populist political party takes second place in national opinion polls. Germany’s battle against fascism is faltering.
