Conspiracy theorist and cookbook author Attila Hildmann threatens a Jewish press team on the sidelines of a demonstration against corona restrictions. The police defend press freedom half-heartedly.
A demonstration of opponents of the Corona measures in front of the entrance to the exhibition center under the radio tower leads to a dispute between Attila Hildmann and journalists from the Jewish Forum. The vegan cook and conspiracy theorist verbally threatens the team, one of his supporters strikes for a journalist’s camera. Two police officers watch the events, but do not intervene at the press team’s request when they are pressed by demonstration participants.
A video of the Jewish Forum shows how Hildmann insults the journalists as fascists and then says that their names will be found “and then we’ll take a look”. Two police officers allow Hildmann to calm down, appease the press team instead of protecting them from the attacks. journalist Tobias Huch files criminal charges for coercion and threats. He also points out that the police were obliged to stop Hildmann and arrest him if necessary.
The Berlin police are insightful in a comment on the Twitter post of the Jewish Forum. One has the duty to protect assemblies regardless of their topic and the freedom of the press, she wrote. “Provocative or aggressive behavior from meetings is always also judged criminally. We let the case flow into the preparation of future missions.”
State security checks
The Brandenburg State Security has been examining Hildmann’s statements since May. As reported by the “Tagesspiegel”, Hildmann is repeatedly noticed in the social networks with anti-Semitic statements. Accordingly, he wrote in the messenger service Telegram that “Zionists” were a “Jewish tribe” trying to “wipe out the German race”. In comparison to Angela Merkel, Hitler was “a blessing”. The vegan chef also regularly publishes surveys in which he asks his 60,000 subscribers, for example, whether there is a “Jewish world conspiracy” or who “financed” the Holocaust.
In the past, Hildmann also appeared in demonstrations against the corona measures. In his speeches he attacked Health Minister Jens Spahn and Microsoft founder Bill Gates and warned of an “vaccination lobby”. The statements had economic consequences for Hildmann. Numerous supermarkets have removed their products from the range. The Becker Joest Volk Verlag, which had worked with Hildmann, spoke of “unbearable statements” and distanced himself from him. The author would “no longer have a platform on all of our appearances”. It was checked whether contracts could be terminated.
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