Introducing: Day X

Day X

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🗓️ 19 May 2021

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

What starts with a mysterious gun in an airport bathroom and a fake refugee identity opens the door to a nationwide network of far-right extremists inside Germany’s military and police. It’s a story about a changing national identity — and the backlash against it — raising a question that democracies across the world are waking up to: What happens when the threat is coming from within?

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0:00.0	I was informed by the Federal Criminal Police Office.
0:07.0	They had found a diary of her soldier in the Bundeswehr,
0:13.0	and there was a list of names.
0:17.0	And this was so-called animalist, enemies to be killed.
0:24.0	And therefore there are many, many questions.
0:27.0	Prosecutors say that they've foiled a major tarot plot that's rocked the German military.
0:33.0	Subsequent investigations have uncovered further cases of far-right extremism.
0:38.0	Soldiers at several barracks were caught with World War II German Army memorabilia.
0:43.0	They have looked into almost 300 soldiers with passable neo-Nazi view.
0:49.0	The arrest has raised concerns of a right-wing terror cell within the German armed forces.
0:56.0	They were very simply planning to trigger day X.
1:00.0	The day when chaos, terrorism, and anarchy will take over and eradicate democracy.
1:07.0	Day X for us was the day where there's some kind of attack.
1:14.0	And it would lead to the breakdown of public order.
1:19.0	The most relevant danger right now comes from the very far right.
1:25.0	The constitution is in danger because these people kill people from the police department.
1:33.0	There is a guy who wanted to kill you, but don't be afraid.
1:37.0	These neo-Nazis, you know, we got them.
1:40.0	Of course I'm concerned and I'm afraid.
1:43.0	Oh, you better get goosebumps because we have to take that serious.
1:49.0	We uncovered enemies of our constitution among those who swear to protect this constitution.
1:59.0	I'm Katrin Benhold, coming soon from the New York Times.
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