Overview
- An investigation is underway in Munich under §86a StGB, triggered by a police notice citing a December episode of Jan Fleischhauer’s podcast Der schwarze Kanal.
- While discussing the AfD’s new youth group, he asked whether it might be called “Generation Deutschland erwache,” invoking a prohibited Nazi slogan.
- A letter from Kriminalfachdezernat 4 orders him to respond and states that penalties could reach three years in prison or a fine.
- Fleischhauer has hired a lawyer, requested access to the case file, and says no search was conducted as he disputes the police’s stated time and location of the alleged offense.
- In a follow-up podcast, he addressed the case, speculated that a tipoff may have prompted it, and pointed to the Norbert Bolz precedent that was discontinued after a payment.