not to think about it. joe tidy, bbc news, in the bahamas. the reichsburger movement in germany was catapulted into the headlines this week, after 25 members and their aristocrat leader were arrested in co ordinated raids by anti terror police. accused of plotting to overthrow the government with violence, they re part of a growing number of people in germany who refuse to accept the country s post war government as legitimate. jenny hill went to visit one such group, whose self declared independent kingdom in the east of germany even has its own currency. deep in the german countryside, an invisible border. we re stepping into the self proclaimed kingdom of germany, and i ve come to meet the king. a sign on the door tells us we re now temporarily his subjects. peter i, as he likes to be known, has minted his own currency, made his own laws and recruited around
deep in the german countryside, an invisible border. we re stepping into the self proclaimed kingdom of germany, and i ve come to meet the king. a sign on the door tells us we re now temporarily his subjects. peter i, as he likes to be known, has minted his own currency, made his own laws and recruited around 5,000 citizens. why? translation: the german system is fascism and satanism. people who are corrupt, criminal or willing to be used thrive in it, and those with an honest heart who want to change the world for the better, for the common good, don t have a chance. the kingdom is expanding, buying up land, building outposts. we visited one of its newest colonies. we re told about 30 people live here.
government as legitimate. jenny hill went to visit one such group, whose self declared independent kingdom in the east of germany even has its own currency. deep in the german countryside, an invisible border. we re stepping into the self proclaimed kingdom of germany, and i ve come to meet the king. a sign on the door tells us we re now temporarily his subjects. peter i, as he likes to be known, has minted his own currency, made his own laws and recruited around 5,000 citizens. why? translation: the german system is fascism and satanism. people who are corrupt, criminal or willing to be used, thrive in it, and those with an honest heart who want to change the world for the better, for the common good, don t have a chance.
after 25 members and their aristocrat leader were arrested in co ordinated raids by anti terror police. accused of plotting to overthrow the government with violence, they re part of a small, but growing number of people in germany who refuse to accept the country s post war government as legitimate. jenny hill went to visit one such group, whose self declared independent kingdom in the east of germany even has its own currency. deep in the german countryside, an invisible border. we re stepping into the self proclaimed kingdom of germany, and i ve come to meet the king. a sign on the door tells us we re now temporarily his subjects. peter i, as he likes to be known, has minted his own currency, made his own laws and recruited around 5,000 citizens. why?
come to meet the king. a sign on the door tells us we re now temporarily his subjects. peter i, as he likes to be known, has minted his own currency, made his own laws and recruited around 5,000 citizens. why? translation: the german system is fascism and satanism. people who are corrupt, criminal or willing to be used thrive in it, and those with an honest heart who want to change the world for the better, for the common good, don t have a chance. the kingdom is expanding, buying up land, building outposts. we visited one of its newest colonies. we re told about 30 people live here. they don t pay german taxes, won t send their children to school, plan their own health care system. and they don t observe german laws.