Jair Bolsonaro’s government received members of the movement in Germany in their offices as part of its investigation into its plan to stage a coup and overthrow the government in Berlin.
On Wednesday, Berlin authorities arrested 25 people in the biggest crackdown by German police against the far right in years. They are accused of orchestrating the coup, and their focus is the Reichsbürgern group, which will form the basis of their work. For German prosecutors, this is a questionable “terrorism” case.
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said authorities would take action “against the enemies of democracy” and that an estimated 50 men and women would be part of the group. The aim was to overthrow the republic and establish a new state in its place.
However, according to German police sources, some of those arrested were also supporters of the Querdenken group, which grew stronger in the pandemic for opposing vaccines and spreading conspiracy theories. The denialist group has already been in the sight of German intelligence since 2020, as it has ties to neo-Nazis.
Investigators now want to know the movement’s role in establishing this secret network aimed at attacking democracy.
Information about the participation of Querdenken fans was also published by the German press SWR and ARD. Newspapers such as the British The Guardian also cited the movement’s involvement in the investigation.
But the Querdenken movement is the same as the two Germans admitted to the Bolsonarism summit in Brasilia in 2021.
The Minister at the time, Damares Alves, gave a long interview with the German Vicky Richter in connection with Querdenken. He is also the co-founder with Markus Haintz of dieBasis, an anti-vaccine and epidemic denial party that spreads conspiracy ideas through networks.
On 6-9 September 2021, the representative of the group was received by Damares, Jair Bolsonaro, Eduardo Bolsonaro and Bia Kicis.
In the speech, he condemns “the eroticization of children through music, art, cinema, popular festivals”.
In response, the German said that traditional communities were “aware of the elite who paid a lot of money to satisfy their fantasies” with children in addition to “rape rituals”.
“Brazil has very romanticized cultural practices. But when we go to the villages, there is none of that. There is pain and torture,” Damares replied.
He also insists on not being understood. The minister of the time said, “The press says I am crazy, fanatic, fascist, Nazi, denier, insane.” “Our proposal affects many structures. It is a conservative proposal aimed at strengthening the family,” he explained. “We’re moving away from guidelines like the legalization of abortion to protect the real woman,” she insisted. He also attacked “cultural relativism in Brazil”.
“The new frightens. I am afraid and not understood because I have a new vision,” argued the minister. “But I’m not crazy. I love the children of Brazil,” said Damares.
“We are not tired. Only God can stop us. But if it is not God’s will that we take over Brazil, we will not continue,” he added.
A few days after it went on air, the interview was removed from social networks. The authors protested, claiming that major digital companies had conspired to block reporting of pedophilia cases.
The author of the interview, “Big Tech and how should globalists fear the truth about these silent crimes?” she asked.
However, the reason was different. Representatives of the German far-right used a song without the permission of the authors who protested and managed to remove the link.
The meeting took place weeks after Bolsonaro received a lawmaker from the far-right AFD party, which is monitored by German intelligence services on suspicion of undermining democracy.
The deputy, who is the grandson of a minister of Adolf Hitler, also argued that the trip to Brazil took place during the holiday period.
Among the members of the group arrested for organizing a coup in Germany was a former member of that party.
source: Noticias
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