The Far-Right Plot to Overthrow Germanys Government

Published: Dec. 13, 2022, 10:45 a.m.

b'Three thousand security officers fanned out across Germany this past week, raiding 150 homes, arresting 25 people and putting more than 50 others under investigation for plotting to overthrow the national government in Berlin.\\n\\nThe target of the counterterrorism operation, one of the biggest that postwar Germany has seen, was a movement known as the Reichsb\\xfcrger, or citizens of the Reich.\\n\\nWhat does the Reichsb\\xfcrger plot reveal about the depth of right-wing extremism in the country?\\n\\nGuest: Katrin Bennhold, the Berlin bureau chief for The New York Times.'