Sven Liebich

Sven Liebich runs the companies “Shirtzshop” and “Political Stickers” in Halle. He transferred his ownership of "Shirtzshop" to his sister.[1]

The State Office for the Protection of the Constitution (LfV) in Saxony-Anhalt named Liebich by name in its annual reports.[2]

In the 1990s, Liebich sold right-wing extremist music and paraphernalia. In 1998, his shop in Halle and his home were both searched by police as part of a nationwide police action against vendors of such music.[2] In 2000, Liebich was a member of the neo-Nazi network Blood and Honour, according to a record note of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution.[2] Jochen Hollmann from the LfV Saxony-Anhalt told the Public Broadcaster MDR in 2020 that Liebich was agitating even then. He sees the greatest danger emanating from Liebich in his inciting other people to potentially engage in violence. The 2002 report on the protection of the constitution described Liebich as an "agitator" (Agitator) and a "rioter" (Aufstachler).[2][3]

Liebich's right-wing extremism includes the publication of the private residential addresses of political opponents and the organisation of rallies there. He has held rallies ("Monday demonstrations") on the market square of Halle every Monday, and registered them ahead until 2067.[4] Liebich participates nationwide in demonstrations of the NPD, AfD and other right-wing organizations or sometimes appears as a speaker.[5]

At a demonstration in December 2020, Liebich insulted the members of the "Granmothers Against Right-wings"-initiative in the harshest sexist way. According to a complaint, the Halle public prosecutor saw this as a legitimate means of political conflict.[4] By October 2019, the Halle public prosecutor's office was aware of over 200 cases against Liebich, they told the MDR.

Liebich sells right-wing extremist propaganda material commercially. Because he also slandered political opponents, a court case against him was opened in 2020. He had suggested that Renate Künast had approved consensual sexual intercourse with minors. With Martin Schulz he had given the impression that Schulz had demanded “re-education camps based on the GDR model” for AfD supporters. In September 2020, Liebich was sentenced to a prison sentence of eleven months for defamation and sedition by the Halle district court, which was suspended for three years. The judgment is not yet final.[6]