right-wing thought in chat groups – so that justice and policy are concerned. You are trying to find out, how real is the danger of groups such as the “Northern cross”.

The RAID took place, although already the end of August 2017, however, the investigations of the Federal Prosecutor General to take up today: almost two years Ago by police officers homes and business were looking for rooms in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The charge is preparation of a serious, state-threatening Offence. Specifically: The accused wanted to put representatives of the left spectrum, feast, and kill the suspect. But not immediately, but in the case of a crisis. What exactly was meant by that, and when, and what are the conditions for such a crisis case, given would have been, remains open. Arrests there were at the time.

members of the Association of Reservists

In focus of the investigation, four members of the reservists Association in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, including a policeman and a lawyer. A reservist-national Association of, the approximately 1200 members, which is regarded as divided and which has already been struggling for years with right-wing extremism-problems. So a hard drive showed up in 2014, in the meantime, the music files with ultra-right ideology were loaded. Who had uploaded the data at that time, could not clarify the reservists Association until today.

How can it be that the state Association of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the right-wing extremist currents has not fought decided – after all the experiences that Germany has made with the nation-wide terror network NSU? The truth: There were also reservists in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania again and again Try against such tendencies.

“tip of the iceberg”

Also by the former Chairman Helge Stahn. This has not been rewarded for his efforts but, on the contrary. The delegates of the state Association to have him voted out of office in the summer of last year. His successor, Roland hatches before take internal critics, in turn, to a too lax in dealing with extreme right-wing currents.

Neither the former nor the new Chairman give the report from Berlin an Interview. But Dirk Friedriszik who sits for the SPD in the Schwerin state Parliament and used to be in the army reservists Association. He researched for years on the topic of right-wing extremism. He assumes that “we are talking here in many areas of the tip of the iceberg”.

chat group “Northern cross”

In fact, the investigations of the Federal Prosecutor’s office today, that the order of the music files, but to conversations in a particularly well-encrypted group Chats. A particularly controversial chat group bears the name of “North cross”. The office of the attorney General this evaluates conversations, and you must now clarify the crucial question: Is it “only” to the rights of fantasies, but should be in the real world never lives, because of the “crisis” is not defined in the future? Or is it even right-wing extremist terrorist plans?

for example, Franco A.

How tricky the Situation is for the attorney General, the case, Franco A. it is the soldiers who got 2017 in the headlines: He had in the midst of the refugee crisis, a second identity as a Syrian refugee, and tries to smuggle illegally held a gun to Germany. How much criminal energy, as many conspiratorial thoughts A. were in Franco? He wanted to plan out a right-wing extremist sentiments out even a stop and push the attack a refugee in the shoes? Also, Franco A. was chatting in one of the controversial group chats.

in The case, Franco A. finally landed in front of the higher regional court of Frankfurt am Main. And that came in last year with a different attitude than the office of the attorney General: Franco A. was not determined with great probability, at least, to commit an attack.

Are the Chats like “Northern cross” is now a danger to our society or only the rights of spinning mills? Meanwhile, the interior Committee of the Bundestag, addresses. So the demand for experts from the different factions in the security authorities.