Note from the editors: Stern first published this photo series in January 2024. Due to the new raids, we are offering it to you again.
A few weeks ago, the Federal Prosecutor General indicted 27 men and women around the real estate entrepreneur Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss. He accuses them of being founders or members of a group of Reich citizens who wanted to overthrow the federal government by force of arms and seize power.
Some of their leaders, including former soldiers of the German army and the Special Forces Command (KSK), built up armed troops for this purpose. A shadow army with many dozens of members and regional units.
Weapons apparently played a major role. Investigators found almost 400 firearms and 148,000 pieces of ammunition during their raids.