Overview

• At around 19:30 on August 8, a 58-year-old man shouted “Sieg Heil” and gave the Hitler salute in the Wandelhalle of Hamburg Hauptbahnhof, prompting witness alarm
• A bystander alerted Bundespolizei officers who initially detained him, verified his identity, and imposed a station-wide place ban
• He reappeared roughly 30 minutes later exhibiting aggressive behavior and was taken into custody after registering a blood alcohol level of 1.86 ‰
• An examining physician certified his fitness for detention, and he remains in custody as the Landeskriminalamt Hamburg investigates under §86a StGB for use of unconstitutional symbols
• Germany’s strict ban on Nazi imagery grants federal and state police broad authority to penalize public displays of extremist ideology