Reichsburger: German 'crackpot' movement turns radical and dangerous
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Source: BBC
Reichsbürger: German 'crackpot' movement turns radical and dangerous
7 December 2022
By Jenny Hill
BBC Berlin correspondent
The Reichsbürger were, for years, a source of national derision, dismissed as crackpots.
But they're increasingly a source of concern for the security services who say they're becoming more radical and more dangerous.
Members don't recognise the post-war German state and reject the authority of its government. Despite the name, this is no organised national movement - rather a disparate set of small groups and individuals scattered across the country who are united in that shared belief.
Some print their own currency and identity cards and dream of creating their own autonomous state.
Earlier this year for example, a group calling itself the Königreich Deutschland (Kingdom Germany) bought two pieces of land in Saxony upon which they intended to create their own self-administered state.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63889792
Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichsb%C3%BCrger_movement