After several media have reported on a right-wing underground network of Bundeswehr soldiers, the judiciary also deals with the allegations. The Attorney General has encountered in his investigation into the alleged "shadow army" on a list of names of alleged political opponents.
A representative of the Federal Prosecutor's Office said in the interior committee of the Bundestag, on the list were also names of politicians. As several participants in the non-public meeting continued to report, members of the network wanted to "hold them accountable". What exactly is meant by this remained open.
An early member of the "Prepper" chhat groups was Lieutenant Franco A., who had turned out to be a Syrian refugee at the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees. A representative of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution told the committee, according to deputy, Franco A. and his environment are clearly right-wing extremist classify.
The President of the Military Shielding Service (MAD), Christof Gramm, confirmed that the MAD had used a soldier of the special forces command (KSK) as an "informant". This was deliberately not made a V-man.
Committee member Benjamin Strasser (FDP) said: "Regardless of the ongoing criminal investigations, the government, and especially the intelligence community, is required to gain further insight into the depth and scope of these networks."
The case of Franco A. had triggered extensive investigations in April 2017, because it was suspected that the man could be part of a larger right-wing extremist group. In September 2017, the KSK barracks in Calw had been searched.
"Preppers" are preparing for crisis or collapse of state order with inventories - in part they are calculating the use of weapons. So far, however, no evidence for the existence of a "shadow army" is known.