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The Reich Citizen File
Reich Citizen “King” Fitzek trivializes “right-wing extremism” – and sympathizes with the AfD
Peter Fitzek, self-proclaimed “King”
The Office for the Protection of the Constitution has been monitoring Peter Fitzek, founder of the fantasy state “Kingdom of Germany,” for years. Now in an interview with RTL and star admitted his proximity to right-wing radical ideas and the AfD.
The Reichsbürger activist and founder of the fantasy state “Kingdom of Germany” Peter Fitzek has admitted his proximity to right-wing radical ideas and the AfD. In an interview with RTL and star He criticized the fact that Reich citizens in Germany were considered right-wing radicals. The word has a negative connotation, “although there is nothing wrong with the right-wing and radical.” In any case, it would “not be wrong” to describe him as a right-wing populist.
He also praised AfD politicians and signaled his willingness to hold talks with them. There are “good people” in the party who “have a little more understanding of how things work out here than many others. And I really enjoy talking to people who want to innovate something, improve something.”
Peter Fitzek and the “Kingdom of Germany”: In the sights of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution
Fitzek’s “Kingdom of Germany” is probably the largest Reich citizens group in Germany, with an estimated 6,000 followers. The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution has been monitoring them for many years. Fitzek was sentenced to prison without parole in July 2023. The punishment is not yet final.
In addition, the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) accuses him of “suspectedly conducting unauthorized financial transactions”. At the end of last year, she had a number of objects from the “Kingdom of Germany” searched. A little later, Fitzek described the Bafin’s searches of real estate as “illegal” and said they were “an armed act of war against another subject of international law.” He sees Bafin itself as part of a “mafia-like banking cartel”.