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Nine on trial in Frankfurt on charges of plotting to overthrow German state

Self-styled aristocrat, a former judge and retired military officers among suspected Reichsbürger members appear in court

The Guardian - UK · May 21, 2024

Germany coup plot trial begins amid high security

Self-styled Prince Heinrich XIII among alleged ringleaders of plan for violent overthrow of state

The Guardian - UK · May 21, 2024

The prince, the plotters and the would-be putsch: Germany to try far-right coup gang

Ex-soldier, conspiracy theorist, astrologer and anti-vaxxer among the first of 27 people on trial for trying to violently topple the German government – led by Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss

The Guardian - UK · Apr 27, 2024

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Far-right extremists stage rural land grab across Germany

Reichsbürger movement aims to establish parallel societies by infiltrating schools, clubs and public offices

The Guardian - UK · Dec 27, 2023

What is really behind Russia's prisoner swap with America?

UP until last Friday, he was someone most people had probably never heard of. But for journalists like myself whose beat is covering foreign…

The National (Scotland) · Dec 11, 2022

In Germany, the tweedy prince is just the latest in a long line of failed putsches

Heinrich and his cronies seem unlikely insurrectionists but their connections run back to Bismarck’s time

The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2022

The Reichsbürger plot: sinister plan to overthrow the German state or just a rag-tag revolution?

The strange tale of a right-wing plot in Germany highlights the extremist threat the country faces

The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2022

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Coup attempts in Germany and the US confirm it: the key terror threat is the far right

The danger of violent jihadism persists, but the growing menace is from racist extremists, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2022

Editorial: Radicalization for all: German coup plot shows power of online conspiracies

A secret group of German ultranationalists being arrested after plotting to overthrow the government, murder the chancellor and install a monarch is a situation you might expect to find in a 19th or 20th century history textbook, not contemporary headlines.

Tribune News Service · Dec 9, 2022

Germany assesses credibility of rightwing coup plot amid further arrests

Number of suspects revised upwards to 52, 23 of whom are currently in custody, and more police raids are planned

The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2022

What is the Reichsbürger movement accused of trying to overthrow the German government?

Police have arrested 25 people accused of planning to overthrow the German government in a series of raids across the country.

The Conversation · Dec 8, 2022

Germany busts QAnon-linked violent plot

Some 3,000 officers were dispatched to arrest dozens of conspirators who plotted to violently overthrown government

Salon · Dec 7, 2022

Who is Heinrich XIII, the royal at the centre of Germany’s alleged coup?

He has for years publicly advocated the theory that life was better worldwide under monarchy

The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2022

Germany coup plot unveiled as 25 members of far-right group arrested

A 71-year-old man, who goes by the nickname Heinrich XIII, is thought to be central to the mob's plan

Irish Mirror · Dec 7, 2022

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Reuters · Dec 7, 2022

Heinrich XIII: the prince suspected of plotting to be German kaiser in coup

Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss is one of the last descendents of a dynasty that once ruled over swathes of eastern Germany. He is suspected of hoping to become the country's new leader in a violent coup to overthrow the democratic order.

Daily Mirror · Dec 7, 2022

Everything we know about German coup leader Prince Heinrich XIII who wants to be king

German police arrested 25 members of the Reich Citizens (Reichsbürger) movement this morning, including the minor aristocrat they believe to be the ringleader - Heinrich XIII, the Prince of Reuss

The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2022

Key figures behind alleged far-right plot to overthrow the German government

Those detained include a 71-year-old aristocrat, a retired army officer and a former MP for far-right AfD

Radio France Internationale · Dec 7, 2022

German police dismantle far-right cell plotting to overthrow state

Police in Germany have arrested 25 people suspected of belonging to a far-right "terror cell" plotting to overthrow the government and attack parliament, in a series of nationwide raids.

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WEKU · Dec 7, 2022

Germany says it foiled a far-right coup plot. Here's what we know

The group hoped to replace Germany's government and install a new head of state known as Prince Heinrich XIII, prosecutors say. Some 3,000 officers were involved in Wednesday's police operation.

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