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A self-proclaimed “King of Germany” has been arrested in a dawn raid on the growing Reichsbürger movement. He is suspected of trying to create a parallel state – with its own currency and pension system.
The arrested imperial citizen-king Peter Fitzek (59) spent his own money and passports. He even copied Amazon.
A former chef and karate teacher acts as a regent of a fantasy state - and thousands follow him. In order to get their money, Peter Fitzek develops a sophisticated financial system with his own bank and currency. Now he is arrested. Not for the first time.
As the leader of the far-right 'Königreich Deutschland', King Peter Fitzek I (59) lived for years in a kind of parallel world where he himself ruled. But with his arrest on Tuesday, the monarch was finally deposed from his fictional throne.
Karlsruhe – According to the Großrazzia against the Reichsbürger group, "Kingdom of Germany" on Tuesday, all four alleged main responsible persons are in custody. On Wednesday morning, the investigating judge at the Federal Court of Justice also issued the last open arrest warrant, as the Federal Prosecutor's Office announced. Already the previous day, three men – among them the founder and self-proclaimed "superior sovereign" Peter Fitzek – had…
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