The “Reich Citizens” group around Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss is on trial in Frankfurt. Not all “Reich Citizens” plan to wipe out the Federal Republic with a violent overthrow. But many have some strange views on this state.
The terror trial against the “Reich Citizens” group around Henry XIII is underway in Frankfurt. Prince Reuss. “Reich citizens” have their own unique view of the Federal Republic of Germany and its laws.
Thesis 1: The Basic Law is not a constitution.
In fact, the Basic Law was originally planned as a provisional measure so as not to cement the division between East and West Germany. However, it came into force as a constitution because it defines the national territory, the structure of the state and its duties towards its citizens – and vice versa. All of this makes up a constitution, even if it is called something else. Denmark, Estonia, Ireland and the Netherlands also call their constitutions the Basic Law.
Article 146 of the Basic Law states that the Basic Law loses its validity on the day “on which a constitution that has been freely decided by the German people comes into force.” Since that didn’t happen, Reich citizens use this as an argument that the Basic Law is not a constitution. “Today this is only a matter of the legal possibility of replacing the Basic Law with a new constitution or confirming it through a referendum,” said , professor of constitutional law and political philosophy at the University of Cologne. This does not change the validity of the Basic Law as the German constitution.
Thesis 2: The Federal Republic is not a state.
From a legal point of view, a state needs:
- a national territory,
- a group of people living in this area and
- a state authority ruling in this area.
Some also consider a constitution to be one of the basic conditions for a state. Either way, the Federal Republic has all of this and is therefore a state.
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Thesis 3: Germany continues to exist legally as the “German Empire” within the borders of 1937.
“The Federal Constitutional Court has consistently established that the ‘German Reich’ as a subject of international law has not perished and that the Federal Republic of Germany is not its legal successor, but is identical with it as a subject of international law,” it says in response to a small question from members of the “Left”. But it becomes clear: This refers to the Weimar Republic (1919-1933), the first democracy on German soil. It was officially called the “German Empire”.
Reich citizens prefer to understand the “German Reich” as the “Third Reich” under Adolf Hitler. In addition, constitutional law expert said: “The Federal Constitutional Court – contrary to what Reich citizens portray – has never opposed the German Reich to the state power of the Federal Republic.” Reich citizens would only pick out what appears to support their ideology from a 1973 ruling by the Federal Constitutional Court.
Thesis 4: Germany is still at war.
Reich citizens argue that the Federal Republic has not concluded a peace treaty with the four victorious powers of the Second World War: the USA, Russia, Great Britain and France. Therefore, Germany is still at war today. In fact, there was no peace treaty in 1945 because the East-West conflict followed the end of the war. At the latest, however, the 2+4 Treaty of 1990 – with the GDR and FRG on the one hand and the victorious powers on the other – is considered a peace treaty.
Thesis 5: Germany is not sovereign.
In fact, the victorious powers took over Germany. The Federal Republic of Germany regained essential sovereign rights as early as 1955. Since the 2+4 Treaty came into force in 1990, united Germany has been completely sovereign again. At that time, the occupying powers finally gave up their rights and responsibilities with regard to Berlin and Germany as a whole.
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Thesis 6: Germany is a GmbH.
Reich citizens use the “identity card” as an indication: if a proof of identity bears this name, the citizens would have to be staff and the issuer would have to be a company instead of a state. In fact, not only the identity card, but also other aspects of the Basic Law have been worded unclearly or ambiguously. But giving such a hint when a conspirator wants to disguise a company as a state would have been noticeable in a committee with 65 bright minds.
It also says: “The Federal Republic of Germany is a democratic and social federal state.” But that will hardly convince any citizen of the Reich that he is wrong.
Sources:, , , , , AFP.
Source: Stern
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