Overview

• Police arrested the German-Canadian suspect at his home in the Starnberg district, searched the residence, seized electronic data carriers for analysis, and a Munich judge enforced an arrest warrant.
• Authorities allege 22 instances of incitement of hatred and use of symbols of unconstitutional organizations under §§130 and 86a of the criminal code.
• Investigators say the videos were posted between November 2022 and August 2025 on channels including Telegram, with some clips viewed up to 859 times.
• The recordings allegedly deny the Holocaust, claim gas chambers were post‑war sets, assert Jews orchestrated the 9/11 attacks, and target migrants and queer people.
• The case is led by the antisemitism commissioner at the Munich prosecutor’s office with state‑protection police, the suspect has prior convictions for similar crimes, and penalties can reach five years in prison, with the presumption of innocence noted.