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# For Fact’s Sake podcast: How did conspiracy theories lead to an attempted coup in Germany?
- URL: https://www.theferret.scot/for-facts-sake-reichsburger-conspiracy-coup-germany/
- Published: 2023-03-23T07:46:42.000Z
- Updated: 2025-10-17T15:30:59.000Z
- Author: Ferret Journalists
- Tags: Politics and power, Human rights, Fact Checks, #davesutton2gmail-com, Far Right, Podcast, SNP, Ash Regan, conspiracy theory, coup, Germany, Humza Yousaf, Kate Forbes, plot, Reichsburger, SVB, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-10-15 12:08, #older_unmetered

**In 2022, dozens of people were arrested for planning an attempted coup to overthrow the German government.**

It was linked to the ‘[Reichsbürger](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/07/reichsburger-the-german-conspiracy-theorists-at-heart-of-alleged-coup-plot?ref=theferret.scot)‘, a disparate movement of conspiracists who believe the current government in Germany is illegitimate.

We spoke to Claire Burchett, an expert on the radical right in Germany, about the so-called ‘Reichsbürger plot’, the broad set of beliefs behind it, and its links to the far-right and the military.

Ali and Paul also fact-checked some of the statements made in the SNP leadership election, and in Paul’s Curiousity Corner we explain a bizarre claim that a bank collapse in the US was caused by its ‘woke’ policies.

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#### Show notes:

- Some background [on the Reichsbürger](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/07/reichsburger-the-german-conspiracy-theorists-at-heart-of-alleged-coup-plot?ref=theferret.scot).
- Our fact check on the [SNP leadership debates](https://www.theferret.scot/fact-check-snp-leadership-debates/).