Matthias Erzberger was one of the most prominent and controversial politicians of the German transition period from the German Empire to the Weimar Republic. As a member of the Center Party, he signed the Armistice…
The state’s monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force is one of the essential achievements of a modern constitutional order. It protects citizens from arbitrary action and ensures that political conflicts are fought through…
Constitutionally guaranteed freedom of religion (Article 4 of the German Basic Law) protects not only private belief, but explicitly the public expression of faith – such as prayer processions, public devotions, or religious vigils. The…
Following the defeat in the First World War, the 1919 Treaty of Versailles imposed severe military constraints on the newly formed Weimar Republic: a professional army capped at 100,000 men, an officer corps restricted to…
An attack by alleged left-wing extremist perpetrators targeted representatives of the AfD youth organization, Generation Deutschland (GD). The state chairman of GD Hamburg, Michael Schumann, suffered severe facial injuries caused by physical blows, chemical sprays,…
In early July 2026, the Thuringian state capital of Erfurt is heading toward one of the largest and most dangerous police deployments in its recent history. The occasion is the ordinary AfD party congress, scheduled…
A brutal attack on the AfD state parliament member Michael Meister in northeastern Germany reveals a dangerous dynamic: while state security police investigate an attempted homicide and the trail leads to the sabotage of the…
The early years of the Weimar Republic were plagued not only by overt political putsches and economic collapses but also by a silent, systematic campaign of internal terror. Among the most chilling manifestations of this…
The history of the Weimar Republic is often romanticized as a brief, shining moment of democratic experiment and cultural avant-garde in Germany. However, beneath the surface of the fledgling democracy lay a deeply entrenched counter-revolutionary…
In the historical section of politischeverfolgung.de, we look back at a key figure of political resistance: Karl Liebknecht. His fate during the German Empire (Kaiserreich) serves as a timeless example of how a state uses…
Rosa Luxemburg (1871–1919) was one of the most influential leaders of the international labor movement. Her biography serves as a prime example of how the German Empire (Kaiserreich) used criminal law and “preventive detention” to…
June 2, 1967, marks one of the darkest days in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany. What began as a state visit by the Iranian Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, ended in a bloody…