Operation “Shadow” of the German special forces managed with thousands of policemen scattered throughout Germany to hold back the coup d’état plans organized by the “citizens of the Reich” for many months.

According to data far from international reports, an arrested German aristocrat and a retired German army special forces founded “a terrorist organization with the aim of overthrowing the existing state order in Germany and replacing it with its own form of state, which was already at the stage of creation.”

It is also noted that Italian police today arrested a 64-year-old retired German army officer who is associated with a far-right organization.

The police said the man was detained at a hotel in Perugia, where “materials related to the subversive activities” of the organization in question were found.

The report says that procedures for the extradition of the suspect have begun.

Rüdiger von P., a retired officer, was in charge of the planning, while Prince Heinrich XIII planned the future political order of Germany. According to Die Zeit, the group even began to nominate ministers for a transitional government after a coup in which one of the suspects, a former member of the far-right AfD (Alternative for Germany), was to take over as federal justice minister. .

The group was convinced that contemporary Germany was being run by “deep state” conspirators. In this context, it was about the intervention of their “Alliance”, a technically superior secret society, including governments, intelligence agencies and military from various countries, including the United States and Russia, a secret society that “brings liberation.”

Nuremberg 2.0

“Everything will be turned on its head: the current prosecutors and judges, as well as heads of health services and their superiors, will be in the dock for the Nuremberg trials 2.0,” one of the suspects said in a message. on Telegram before the Wednesday raids began, according to Die Zeit.

While the suspects believed their goals could only be achieved through military means and violence, prosecutors said it was unclear if the group had managed to amass a significant arsenal.

Some of the defendants are former military personnel suspected of illegally removing weapons from the armed forces while serving, while others hold gun licenses.

“Russia is the main interlocutor”

After the overthrow of the regime, the group proposed a revision of the treaties signed by Germany after the end of World War II with the Allies. “For now, the Russian Federation will be exclusively the central interlocutor in these negotiations,” the prosecutor’s office said.

Although Henry XIII tried to contact Moscow, the prosecutor’s office said that “there is no indication that his interlocutors reacted positively to his appeal.” It is also indicated that relations with Russia were taken over by the companion of the “waiting leader” of Prince Henry III, Vitaly B.

At the same time, the Russian embassy in Berlin “denies any connection with terrorist groups in Germany”, according to Tagesspiegel, after the publication of plans of the “Citizens of the Reich” organization to overthrow the democratic state and information about contacts with Russian authorities. .

Hard approach from Berlin

“We will continue this tough approach,” Home Secretary Nancy Fesser said, referring to the police operation, referring to the “terror threat abyss.”

The organization is “driven by violent fantasies of revolution and conspiracy ideology. The Citizens of the Reich fighters are united by their hatred of democracy, our state and the people who protect our society,” Feser said, stressing that further investigation will show how far the coup plans have already advanced. “Our rule of law is strong. We know how to defend ourselves against the enemies of democracy with all severity,” the minister concluded and thanked the participants in the operation.

Justice Minister Marko Busman called today’s police raids an “anti-terrorist operation” and leader of the Liberal Parliamentary Group Konstantin Kule called for tougher measures against extremists in the public sector. “The one who refuses or wants to cancel the state order cannot be a civil servant. The law on public services should be tightened,” Kuhle said, referring to reports that those arrested included a former Alternative for Germany (AfD) MP who is now a judge and a serving military officer.

The reaction of the German parties

“Our democracy was, is and will remain defensive,” said Katya Mast, leader of the Social Democratic Party parliamentary group, adding that “every day there are forces working to undermine our democracy, but the rule of law can be defended.”

The representative of the Greens, Konstantin von Notch, drew a parallel with the anti-constitutional trends that have emerged in the United States in his Twitter post. “In order to stop the plans to seize power, we must break the network of enemies of our democracy. It is important to remain vigilant,” von Notch wrote.

Left-wing MP Bird Rixinger also called for the disbanding of the military’s elite SCS unit, whose officers are believed to have retained a leadership role in the disbanded organization. “The plans of the terrorist network sounded like a fantasy novel at first. However, today it is a bitter reality,” he said.

Source: Guardian, Die Zeit, APE-MPE.