April 29, 2024 | In Germany, nine people suspected of being part of a violent far-right group which allegedly plotted to overthrow the government, are going on trial. Prosecutors say the ringleader was a businessman and German aristocrat called Heinrich Prince Reuss. The alleged conspirators face charges of terrorism and high treason. It’s claimed their goal was to install Reuss as a modern-day emperor.
Heinrich XIII Prinz Reuss (born 4 December 1951) is a German businessman, far-right and monarchist activist, and member of the aristocratic House of Reuss family. A proponent of the Reichsbürger movement and antisemitic conspiracy theories, Reuss was arrested by German Federal Police in December 2022 due to his alleged leadership in the 2022 German coup d’état plot.
The Reichsbürger movement. Reichsbürgerbewegung or Reichsbürger is a label for several anticonstitutional revisionist groups and individuals in Germany and elsewhere who reject the legitimacy of the modern German state, the Federal Republic of Germany, in favour of the German Reich.
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- [0:00] The events leading to the trial
- [2:01] Kai Arzheimer, JGU Political science professor
- [6:15] Giulia Saudelli, DW Correspondent
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