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Inside the Orwellian world of Germany’s free speech crackdown

Stasi Lane

Dr Rainer Zitelmann doesn’t even remember posting the meme on social media that nearly landed him in prison.

“When I opened the letter from police, I thought it was a misunderstanding,” Dr Zitelmann, a German historian and author of about 30 books, told The Telegraph.

Berlin police told Dr Zitelmann he had been accused of violating a post-Second World War law that bans the display of Nazi symbols, slogans and imagery – and could now face three years in prison if found guilty.

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