![]() ![]() They even produce T-shirts and flags for advertising purposes. Members of these groups print passports and driver's licenses for themselves. They refuse to pay taxes and have declared their own small "national territories," which they call the "Second German Empire," the "Free State of Prussia" or the "Principality of Germania." They do not accept the legality of the Federal Republic of Germany's government authorities. The movement is made up of a number of small groups and individuals, located throughout Germany. For them, the German Empire founded in 1871 still exists and so do Germany's pre-WW2 borders.Ī substantial number of the self-proclaimed "Reichsbürger," which translates as "Citizens of the Reich" are not averse to violence to reinstate the Reich. They believe the current state is no more than an administrative construct still occupied by the Western powers - the US, the UK and France. Members of the Reichsbürger movement deny the existence of Germany's post- World War 2 Federal Republic. ![]()
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