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Deborah Cole in Berlin

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Germany bans major part of far right movement seeking to undermine state - The Untold Story

Police officers search the headquarters of far-right organisation ‘Kingdom of Germany’ in Halsbruecke near Dresden, Germany 13 May, 2025
Police officers search the headquarters of far-right organisation ‘Kingdom of Germany’ in Halsbruecke near Dresden, Germany 13 May, 2025. Photograph: Annegret Hilse/Reuters

The German government has outlawed a major part of an extremist movement seeking to undermine the state, in a move the new administration said signalled tough action against a subversive far-right scene.

Hundreds of security forces across seven states staged early morning raids on Tuesday against the cult-like group calling itself “Kingdom of Germany” (KRD), a large group within the Reichsbürger (Citizens of the Reich) movement. Four suspects were arrested including alleged ringleader Peter Fitzek, the self-proclaimed Peter I.

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