# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1962-west-germany-spiegel-affair-raid-and-arrests)
- Source: Democracy in Jeopardy? (October 29, 1962). https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/two-germanies-1961-1989/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.

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