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Claim

Claim 844

The police operation against Der Spiegel came almost three weeks after the October 10 article appeared but only two days after a separate Bundestag dispute over the magazine's reporting on military housing contracts had ended.

Published 2026-09-26. Last reviewed 2026-09-26. 1 source.

Statement
The police operation against Der Spiegel came almost three weeks after the October 10 article appeared but only two days after a separate Bundestag dispute over the magazine's reporting on military housing contracts had ended.
Field
scope_of_action
Value
Timing after the Fibag dispute
About
incident 1962-west-germany-spiegel-affair-raid-and-arrests
Source
Democracy in Jeopardy? (October 29, 1962)
Publisher
German History in Documents and Images, German Historical Institute Washington
Method
primary document
Checked
2026-09-26
Confidence
high
Status
current
Source date
1962-10-29

Quotation from the source

The police operation occurred almost three weeks after the article appeared but only two days after the end of the Fibag scandal in the Bundestag, which was triggered by articles published in Der Spiegel.