Want to crown yourself the king of Germany? Want to conquer Europe because you have really strong opinions about public transit? Want to get rich quick selling fake government ID cards? With this one completely nonsense legal strategy, you too can claim the government of Germany isn’t real and join the ranks of some very iffy far-right extremists.
Featured image: A 2022 rally in Wittenburg. None of the rallies I found photos of look particularly well-attended. (Image source)
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Another rally in 2013. (Image source)
A “government document” from the made-up state of Germitania. (Image source)
Sources:
- Reichsbürger und Souveränisten: Basiswissen und Handlungsstrategien. Publisher: Amadeu Antonio Stiftung. Author, Melanie Hermann, 2018
- Reichsbürger: An Old German Ideology in New Clothing?
- Staatsanwalt im Nacken
- Archived page – Amtierende Reichsregierung / Der Reichskanzler
- Germany Still Occupied By US After 58 Years
- Informationen zum Dokument BVerfGE 36, 1 – Grundlagenvertrag Materielle Begründung
- Information on Staatenlos.info
- An audience with Germany’s ‘rightful king’ who dreams of rebuilding its empire
- Inside the ‘Kingdom of Germany’ – with its own money, flag and 5,000 subjects
- German ‘king’ jailed after court refuses him immunity as ‘head of state’