Overview

• The inheritance from inventor Reiner Strangfeld totals €9.96 million plus 107 kilograms of gold, which the AfD reported in its 2019 accounts and which is now worth around €11 million.
• Der Spiegel reports the gold was transported on May 11–12, 2022 to a depot in Liechtenstein, a move flagged by financial intelligence units in several European countries, including Germany’s FIU.
• Moving party assets abroad is not illegal if properly declared, yet the Bundestagsverwaltung says it has no information on the AfD’s specific financial investments.
• AfD treasurer Carsten Hütter says no assets were hidden and all holdings are disclosed, and a party attorney writes the estate remains secured in a safe without specifying the location.
• Fourteen potential heirs are contesting the bequest, the Bückeburg court has commissioned a posthumous psychiatric assessment of Strangfeld’s testamentary capacity, and a great-cousin has asked the court to restrict the party’s access to the gold during the Erbschein dispute.