The Weird Plot to Take Over Germany

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CHAPTERS:
0:00-0:58 Intro
0:59-3:56 The Reichsbürger
3:57-5:07 Ad Read
5:08-9:25 The Patriotic Union
9:26-11:58 Court Cases
11:59-12:15 Outro

Sources:
[1] 'The Prince and the Revolution', Delayed Gratification, www.slow-journalism.com/long-reads/prince-and-the-…
[2] For a fuller account of Reichsbürger ideology, see: www.verfassungsschutz.de/EN/topics/reichsbuerger-a…
[3] 'The Prince, the Plot, and a Long-Lost Reich', The New York Times, www.nytimes.com/2022/12/11/world/europe/germany-pr…
[4] 'Trial opens of ‘esoteric’ wing of alleged German coup plotters', The Guardian, www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/18/tria…
[5] 'The prince, the plotters and the would-be putsch', The Guardian, www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/27/the-prince-t…
[6] For a more extensive description of these plans, see: www.spiegel.de/international/germany/prince-putsch…
[7] All quotes from 'The Reichsbürger plot: sinister plan to overthrow the German state or just a rag-tag revolution?', The Guardian, www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/10/coup-germany…
[8] '"Slightly crazy" German group on trial for coup plot', BBC News, www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6pp5g7n866o
[9] 'The Motley Crew that Wanted to Topple the German Government', Spiegel International, www.spiegel.de/international/germany/prince-putsch…

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