Source: France 24 [French state media]
“German authorities on Tuesday banned an extremist group called the ‘Kingdom of Germany,’ raided multiple locations nationwide and arrested four of its leading members. The group is part of a right-wing conspiracy theorist movement known as the ‘Citizens of the Reich’ (‘Reichsbuerger’), which rejects the legitimacy of the modern German republic. Among those detained was the group’s self-proclaimed ‘king’ Peter Fitzek, 59, a former chef and karate instructor. He founded the organisation, which has claimed to have about 6,000 members. … About 800 security forces searched properties in seven states linked to the group, known in German as ‘Koenigreich Deutschland.’ The interior ministry said that the group had established ‘pseudo-state structures and institutions,’ issuing its own currency and identity papers and running an insurance scheme for its members.” (05/13/25)