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Portraits of Adolf Hitler, depictions of the swastika, a refugee being advised in a gas chamber: Germany’s latest scandal broke out in North Rhine-Westphalia, shedding light on the fact that the far-right cult is deeply rooted in the police force . First, 29 police officers were suspended for distributing far-right content in five exposed Internet chat rooms; To this was later added a thirtieth policewoman.
As crime-loving viewers may be familiar: they had to surrender their ID and service weapon, they couldn’t wear their uniforms, and they couldn’t even get into their police station. They are currently under investigation, but half of them are already being fired. Most of them are men and are part of the Essen police force.
In Germany, they have long been trying to hide under the rug that many policemen are sympathizers of the extreme right; these usually present as isolated cases. But now Herbert Reul, the Christian Democratic provincial interior minister, was forced to admit:
This is the shame of the police: the worst, the most repulsive neo-Nazi, racist and anti-refugee hatred. We will process this, radically and down to the smallest detail.
At the same time, Reul tried to spare the German public the details. House searches of several suspects were also carried out. Chat rooms were created years ago, the last message was sent a few weeks ago.
Holger Münch, the first man in the Federal Criminal Police, “the German FBI”, says the loss of confidence must be stopped.
This must be addressed, conclusions must be drawn. This, I believe, means termination of the service if the suspicion is confirmed.
– said Jörg Radek, vice president of the German Police Union.
Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer tried to cool the mood of the Süddeutsche Zeitung by believing:
- The painful news of what happened in North Rhine-Westphalia is painful, however
- the vast majority of German police officers rely on the constitutional order
- There is no need for a separate federal investigation in this case.
- the German constitutional office will publish a report on the matter by the end of the month anyway
A national problem
Munich’s Liberal newspaper recalls that five other German provinces (Hesse, Bavaria, Berlin, Schleswig-Holstein and Saxony) also had similar internal police cases: dozens of policemen were suspended from their posts and anti-Muslim chat groups were exposed.
In Augsburg, a police officer was suspended years ago for posting photos of Hitler to a WhatsApp group, but those cases could be considered isolated.
Not just cops
German authorities have also been constantly on the defensive recently, with skeletons falling out of the closet from time to time due to far-right ties from some police groups.
In summer it was decided to dissolve an army of the army, a special unit of the Bundeswehr, the Kommando Spezialkräfte.
And now the Der Spiegel news magazine in Hamburg has featured it based on pictures: Employees of the German security company Aasgard working in Iraq, former police and military officers, are on a far-right time travel: secretly cultivating the National Socialist cult.
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