Germany Raids Self-Appointed ‘Kingdom’ in Right-Wing Crackdown
Police officers search buildings following the ban of the Reichsbuerger group "Kingdom of Germany" in Thuringia, on May 13.
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More than 800 German law-enforcement officers took part in raids across the country as part of wider efforts by Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s new administration to crack down on extremism.
Sites in seven states were searched and four individuals were arrested on Tuesday as authorities targeted the “Kingdom of Germany” — the biggest group of the Reichsbürger movement, which rejects the legitimacy of the democratic state and aims to reestablish the German Empire.