Two missing children from Reich Citizens' scene found in Leipzig

Two missing children from Reich Citizens' scene found in Leipzig

Leipzig, Deutschland - Today, on June 27, 2025, there was a remarkable incident in Saxony, especially in Leipzig. Two children who have been kept hidden by their mother for around two years are now safe. The seven-year-old boy and the eight-year-old girl were taken care of by the police after the suspicion had arisen that the mother, a 45-year-old from Lower Saxony, removed it. This belongs to the right-wing extremist and self-administrator scene. L-Iz reported .

The mother had been in an unknown place with the children since 2023 to withdraw from the state supervision, medical care and school attendance. The authorities had already taken measures and temporarily withdrawn the mother's sole custody. The children were found after the police discovered them on a property of the "Indigenes People of the Germanites" in Seiffen in the Ore Mountains. Class = "Source_2"> The Tagesspiegel added that the mother claimed that her children were taught about her group. But attending a state school was not the case for the children for a long time.

The imperial movement under the magnifying glass

The Reich Citizens' Movement is strongly based on insulating upbringing and continues from state institutions. It is a trend to be observed in which women are specifically recruited and children are committed to the ideology of the group early on. For example, for other families who represented similar ideologies, it was found that the children are often not to go to school and their social development is severely restricted. BR reported Contents are spread in particular through social networks such as Telegram, whereby schools are viewed as "brain laundry locations".

The police went on with around 60 officers against the mother and her children, with the assignment without incidents. It turns out that the authorities have increased more sensitively to the dangers that come from this scene. In the district of Bautzen, where storm caused damage, the safety of the children was also discussed. These incidents are another sign of the challenges that society faces when it comes to radicalized movements and the protection of children.

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