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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kate Connolly in Rutenberg

Far-right extremists stage rural land grab across Germany

Members of the Reich Citizens' Movement organize a lift at the Lustgarten in the city of Berlin.
Members of the Reich Citizens' Movement organize a lift at the Lustgarten in the city of Berlin. Photograph: Alamy

A strategic rural land grab by rightwing extremists is taking place across Germany with the concerted aim of creating communities independent of the state, according to the domestic intelligence agency and government ministries.

Authorities and NGOs monitoring far-right groups say the members of the Reichsbürger movement who reject the post-1945 German state are making a targeted effort to establish parallel societies and infiltrate existing structures including schools, clubs and public offices.

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