00:00 Nine defendants are going on trial in Frankfurt, Germany, over an alleged far-right attempt
00:09 to forcibly overthrow the government.
00:12 The case shocked the country back in 2022.
00:16 Around 260 witnesses are supposed to attend.
00:21 The large number of defendants, lawyers and media dealing with the case are being held
00:26 in a courthouse built specifically for this trial.
00:30 "We don't have a court that would have been suitable for this trial,
00:37 given the security precautions and the size of the people.
00:44 The trial has a magnitude that the Supreme Court has never had before.
00:50 We have a trial with nine defendants, who currently have 25 defendants.
00:56 We also have a large number of indictments that go beyond what we know so far."
01:04 Defendants include Eirik XIII, Prince Reuss, whom the group allegedly planned to install
01:12 as Germany's provisional new leader.
01:14 There's also a judge and former lawmaker with the far-right AfD party,
01:19 as well as ex-German military officers.
01:22 Most of them have been charged with belonging to a terrorist organisation.
01:27 The trial, starting on Tuesday, is the second of three major proceedings
01:32 into the so-called "Reichsbürgers",
01:35 people who allegedly don't recognise the Federal Republic of Germany.
01:40 Another trial began in Stuttgart in April,
01:43 while a third one is expected to start in Munich in June.
01:48 (whooshing)
