Overview
- The Berliner Ensemble is set to premiere a documentary work by Marie Schwesinger that draws verbatim text from the Gruppe Reuß court record.
- The ongoing case centers on 25 defendants accused of forming a terrorist group, plotting a violent overthrow, and committing high treason before the Higher Regional Court in Frankfurt.
- Prosecutors cite plans for 286 sleeper “homeland protection companies” and detail a scheme to claim a North Sea island as a pseudo state to dodge COVID vaccination rules.
- The roster of accused includes a founder of Germany’s special forces unit KSK, a former member tied to NATO headquarters, a paratrooper veteran, a former police officer, a judge, and an AfD lawmaker, which raises fears about insider access to weapons and infrastructure.
- Schwesinger and observers note echoes of the 1920 Kapp Putsch, using the stage to examine how conspiracy talk and clandestine paramilitary planning can threaten a republic.