Four stations, one data point that remains unanchored between them.
26 August 2021 — UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer sends an official communication, file reference AL DEU 6/2021, to the German Federal Government. Trigger: numerous reports and video recordings of disproportionate police force against protesters at anti-Covid demonstrations in Berlin, particularly on August 1, 2021.1
On April 23, 2026, the Bundestag Enquete Commission “Processing the Covid Pandemic and Lessons for Future Pandemic Events” convened in public session. Block subject: Critical Infrastructures (KRITIS) and the role of the Bundeswehr in pandemic situations. Expert witness: Stephan Kohn, former senior official at the Federal Interior Ministry (BMI), author of the 80-page internal evaluation of May 2020 that assessed the then-current Covid policy as a false alarm — a paper that has since served as a case study, depending on whom you ask, of either bureaucratic dissent or bureaucratic discipline.
Methodological note. This text is based on primary Bundestag documents (20/6621, 20/6702, WD 4-3000-008/23), the Last Generation 2022 transparency report (cited in the Bundestag WD opinion), the IRS Form 990 data of the Climate Emergency Fund via ProPublica and Instrumentl, and the websites of the organisations named. The text separates two layers that are systematically conflated in public discourse: (1) the scientific-political question of the climate crisis, and (2) the structural question of who, with what money, organised what kind of activism. The first layer is not negotiated here. The second is the subject.
Methodological note. This text is based on primary Bundestag documents (Drucksachen), the foundation register, the AAS website, and publicly available material on the founder’s Stasi-IM past. Where amounts are only secondary-sourced, this is marked. The foundation does work against right-wing extremism that addresses an unquestionable societal need. The point here is not to deny it its legitimacy — it is to show what the foundation systematically does not show when presenting itself as a “civil society” actor.
Methodological note. This text is based on primary Bundestag documents (Drucksachen), the foundations’ own websites, Correctiv’s governance page, and the program of the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) 2023 Science Conference. Where amounts or positions are only secondary-sourced, this is marked. The point is not to deny Correctiv its legitimacy — it is to show what Correctiv systematically does not show when presenting itself as an “independent” investigative platform.
On March 19, 2026, something happened in the Bundestag that the media would rather downplay as a “heated exchange.” In truth, it was an indictment. # The Bundestag’s Corona Enquete Commission convened on Thursday under the title “Healthcare System Performance, Vaccination Strategy, and Research.” What was planned as a sober review turned into a tribunal over the federal government’s vaccination policy. So uncomfortable that audience members were expelled from the chamber — not because they were disruptive, but because they applauded [1][2].
In late January 2026, the German Bundestag debated weather manipulation. The AfD had introduced a motion (Drucksache 21/3832) calling on the federal government to investigate the risks of geoengineering and weather modification.
Introduction # Five years have passed since the world was plunged into the chaos of the Corona pandemic. While many believe the dust has settled, the truth is far from being fully uncovered. A recent discussion in the German Bundestag, titled “5 Years of Corona: Was It a Military Operation, and What Did Pfizer Know?”, shed light on some disturbing revelations. Let’s examine the key points and explore their implications.
