Nationwide, 15 objects were searched in a raid against the "Last Generation" - including the apartment of co-founder Carla Hinrichs.
Update from May 24, 2023, 15:17 p.m.: "The judiciary is taking action, which is the right signal of a defensive constitutional state," says Rainer Wendt of the German Press Agency. The national chairman of the German police union welcomes the nationwide raid and strongly criticizes the "last generation": "The population, which suffers thousands of times a day from the street terror of these self-proclaimed climate saviors, is finally perceived as the actual victim of these criminals."
The police union made a similar statement. She has long seen signs that the "Last Generation" is a criminal organization. For her, it was long overdue to investigate "where the money to finance the crimes comes from."
Update from May 24, 2023, 13:15 p.m.: In the large-scale raid against the "Last Generation" on Wednesday morning, the police also searched the apartment of spokeswoman and co-founder Carla Hinrichs. As the Augsburger Allgemeine reports, citing the search warrant of the Munich District Court, Hinrichs is one of the three main accused.
The 26-year-old and two other defendants are accused of forming a criminal organization. Together with the Augsburg mathematician Ingo Blechschmidt, she ran the homepage of the "Last Generation", on which donations were solicited.
Nationwide raid against "Last Generation": Climate activist reacts live with emotional plea
Update from May 24, 2023, at 12:45 p.m.: At the press conference, climate activistAimée van Baalen raises the question of what is criminal about the peaceful protest of the "Last Generation". "All of our work is public," she said. Nevertheless, she does not understand why the website of the "Last Generation" was taken offline today on the instructions of the judiciary. She also asks whether donors who have supported the work of climate activists with a financial contribution are now also threatened with legal consequences.
The raids were an "obstruction of legitimate protest," van Baalen continued. She also refers to the statement of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who had called the actions of the climate activists "completely crazy". "We think searches of the apartment are completely crazy. Destruction of livelihoods is completely crazy," said the climate activist in her plea. It is not the protest of the "last generation" that is criminal, but the "lack of political leadership in the climate crisis," says van Baalen.
Update from May 24, 2023, at 12:30 p.m.: At a press conference, the activists of the "Last Generation" comment on the nationwide raids on Wednesday morning. According to the spokesmen, the raids hit them hard and frightened them, but they want to continue to resist the federal government and announce further protest marches for next Wednesday.
Nationwide raid against "Last Generation": Climate activists announce press conference
Update from May 24, 2023, at 11:45 a.m.: After the nationwide raids in the morning against the "Last Generation", the spokeswoman for the climate activists, Carla Hinrichs, has announced a press conference for 12 noon, in which she would like to comment.
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In a total of seven federal states and at 15 objects, there have been raids against the "Last Generation":
- Hesse: Three raids in the district of Rhön
- Hamburg: A raid in the Hanseatic city
- Saxony-Anhalt: A search in Magdeburg
- Saxony: Two raids in Dresden
- Bavaria: Three searches in Augsburg and Munich
- Schleswig-Holstein: A raid in the district of Segeberg
Nationwide raid against "Last Generation": Group of climate activists speaks out
Update from May 24, 2023, at 9:55 a.m.: About 170 officers from the police and prosecutor's office searched the homes of members of the "Last Generation" in seven federal states on Wednesday morning (24 May). On the instructions of the public prosecutor's office, the group's homepage was also confiscated and shut down in the course of the raid, a police spokesman said. According to initial information from the German Press Agency (dpa), the searches were peaceful.
Police officers carry a cardboard box to a vehicle during a house search in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Police and the public prosecutor's office have searched 15 properties in seven federal states in the course of an investigation into members of the Last Generation. © Christoph Soeder/dpa
In the meantime, the "Last Generation" itself has published a statement on Twitter about the action. With the hashtag "Completely crazy", the group puts in the room: "Search lobby structures and confiscate government fossil funds – When?". In the comments, opinions differ on the raids. One Twitter user said: "Very good. Finally, a blow to the criminal organization of the last generation." Another, on the other hand, thinks: "It's blatant that the state undermines the right to defend itself against wrong decisions!"
Accusation of "criminal organization" by activists of the "Last Generation" - website shut down
First reported on May 24, 2023: Kassel - On Wednesday morning, the police carried out raids on the Last Generation throughout Germany. According to Bild, 15 objects were searched. According to the report, seven climate activists between the ages of 22 and 38 are accused of forming and supporting a criminal organization. According to n-tv, the Munich Public Prosecutor's Office has initiated the searches.
Nationwide raids on the "Last Generation" in Munich, Hamburg, Rhön
As of about 7:00 a.m. on Wednesday morning, police and prosecutor officials in seven federal states carried out searches in the homes of members of the climate protection group. In addition to Bavaria, according to Spiegel information, objects in Berlin, Hamburg, Hesse, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Schleswig-Holstein were also searched. In the process, an asset seizure and two confiscations of accounts were initiated. The website of the "Last Generation" has been shut down.
Nationwide raid against "Last Generation": Reports reveal serious allegations. © Christoph Soeder/dpa
Raid on climate activists of the "Last Generation": Activists are said to have collected 1.4 million euros
The accused are accused of having collected 1.4 million euros with the help of a fundraising campaign, which they are then said to have used mainly for criminal offences. In addition, two members of the "Last Generation" are said to have tried to sabotage the oil pipeline between Trieste and Ingolstadt, according to Der Spiegel. So far, none of the activists have been arrested in the raids.
The climate activists of the "Last Generation" repeatedly cause a stir and make headlines with their sometimes provocative actions. Currently, the group is probably planning a campaign against the "super-rich". However, citizens are also increasingly defending themselves against the protest and, above all, sticking actions: A motorist, for example, showered a climate adhesive with yoghurt - and another car driver also made angry use of a liquid during a sticking action.
