Led by a prince, a judge and a retired paratrooper, the plot was as bizarre as it was chilling – Kill Chancellor Olaf Scholz and overthrow Germany’s government.

 

So was the plot foiled during a counter-terrorism sweep last December a fringe one? Or is it the tip of an extremist iceberg that threatens Germany? 

Host Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson talks with Der Spiegel National Security Reporter Fidelius Schmid; 

Maximilian Ruf of the Violence Prevention Network, who is a research fellow at the Center for Applied Research on Deradicalization;

Political scientist Hajo Funke of the Free University of Berlin.

Produced by Dina Elsayed