Who is Prince Reuss from the “Reich Citizens” who was arrested in Frankfurt?

Who is Prince Reuss from the “Reich Citizens” who was arrested in Frankfurt?
Who is Prince Reuss from the “Reich Citizens” who was arrested in Frankfurt?
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Created: December 7th, 2022, 2:00 p.m

Of: Katja Thorwarth

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Henry XIII Prince Reuss was arrested in Frankfurt as the suspected head of a terrorist “Reichsbürger” cell. © Boris Roessler/dpa

The Frankfurt real estate entrepreneur and aristocrat Heinrich XIII. Prince Reuss is arrested as the presumed leader of a terrorist network of “Reichbürger”.

Frankfurt – He is said to be the head of a terror network that planned the violent overthrow of the Federal Republic of Germany and can be assigned to the “Reich Citizen” scene: Heinrich XIII. Prince Reuss, 71 years old, resident in Frankfurt, real estate entrepreneur. On Wednesday (December 7), the nobleman was arrested in his apartment in Frankfurt’s posh Westend district. In the course of a nationwide raid, the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office identified Prince Reuss as the head of a right-wing extremist group that is said to have planned an armed attack on the constitutional organs. After taking power, Prince Reuss was to be installed as the head of the government.

What is known about the man who wanted to negotiate a new state order with the allied victorious powers of the Second World War? Prince Reuss is said to own real estate in Frankfurt, and his office is also in Frankfurt’s Westend. In December 2017 it became known that he had bought the empty Ebersdorf Castle near Bad Lobenstein/Thuringia from the Saale-Orla district – for 100,000 euros, according to the internet portal burgerbe.de knew how to report on December 25, 2017.

Prince Reuss from Frankfurt: the Princely House distances itself from him “in the clearest possible way”

It is not the first time that the castle owner, Prince Reuss, has made headlines in the press: “Princely House of Reuss distances itself from Weigelt guest Prince Heinrich XIII,” was the headline MDR last August. The non-party mayor at the time, Thomas Weigelt, who was also said to be close to the “Reichsbürger”, had come under pressure after he had shortly before attacked a journalist, as reported by the MDR. The prince’s invitation was also taken as a provocation because of his well-known closeness to “Reichsbürger”.

The princely house of Reuss then distanced itself from the prince. Of the MDR quoted a spokesman for the family, who emphasized the distancing of the Reuss family from their political statements “in the clearest possible way”. Fourteen years ago he left the family at his own request and there is no longer any personal contact. The spokesman therefore described his “distant” relative as a “partially confused” old man who was saddled with “conspiracy theory misconceptions”.

Conspiracy stories by Prince Reuss at the “Worldwebforum” 2019

In terms of conspiracy ideology, Prince Reuss became conspicuous in front of a larger audience at the “Worldwebforum” 2019 in Zurich. There he refired, among other things, that his family was “1000 years […] decisive”. After all, she was “disenfranchised and dispossessed”. But now, 30 years later, he has found the cause of all the developments and wars that society – and with it his family? – burdened.

It was Rothschild who controlled the British money flow and the Empire and thus had a decisive influence. He also uses anti-Semitic conspiracy stories, which are one of the mainstays of the “Reichsbürger” scene. Furthermore, the First World War was instigated by foreign Freemasons, Germany has not been a sovereign state since May 8, 1945, and a peace treaty signed by the USA is necessary.

Russian Vitalia B. arrested – partner of Prince Reuss

Incidentally, his partner, the Russian Vitalia B., was also arrested during the raid. According to a statement from the Federal Public Prosecutor General, she is strongly suspected of “having supported the association in particular by helping the accused Heinrich XIII PR to contact representatives of the Russian Federation was”.

His website can be accessed under “Prince Reuss Office”, which maintains the “Coordination of Business Interests”, as it says on the home page. In fact, there is only a contact form and an imprint on the page next to the coat of arms. The prince is currently in custody. (ktho)

The article is in German

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