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Poynter→ Climate activist Greta Thunberg didn’t stage her recent detention in Germany, police say

2023-01-23 Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg made headlines this week when she was detained while protesting against a coal mining operation in Lutzerath, Germany. But some people claim the moment was […] The post Climate activist Greta Thunberg didnâ Go to site post…»

Logically→ Greta Thunberg’s arrest in Germany was staged.

2023-01-20 Police officials confirmed to Logically that Thunberg was detained and the incident was not staged. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Viral image – Climate activist Greta Thunberg didn’t stage her recent detention in Germany, police say

2023-01-19 Greta Thunberg staged an arrest in Germany. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Greta Thunberg’s Detainment In Germany Was NOT Staged — She Was Brought To Police Station To Share Her Personal Information

2023-01-18 Was Greta Thunberg's detainment by police in Germany staged? No, that's not true: The spokesperson of the Aachen police department told Lead Stories that Thunberg's interactions with the police at the scene were real, but no arrests were Go to site post…»

Logically→ Images online show more than 80 Iranian Muslims accepted Christianity in Germany recently.

2023-01-18 Older images of people being baptized on different occasions have been misrepresented as 80 Iranian Muslims converting to Christianity recently. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID Shots Have NOT Increased ‘Sudden Deaths’ By 4 Times In Germany

2022-12-17 Have COVID-19 vaccine rollouts increased "sudden deaths" in Germany by four times? No, that's not true: The claim misuses billing data to make medical claims, according to the chairman of the board of the doctors who provide health under Go to site post…»

Logically→ Mesut Ozil was dismissed from Germany’s national team for condemning China’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims.

2022-12-08 Mesut Ozil cited racism and discrimination by the German Football Association and the media as the reason for resigning in 2018. Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ Germany Arrests 25 in Coup Plot

2022-12-07 On December 7 2022, 25 people in Germany were arrested in early morning raids in connection with an alleged plot to overthrow the government: Germany arrests 25 accused of plotting to overthrow the government from worldnews In Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Science Does NOT Prove Nazi Germany’s Use Of Zyklon B Gas To Commit Genocide Is Impossible

2022-12-07 Is it impossible that Nazi Germany used a gaseous form of hydrogen cyanide, also known as Zyklon B, to commit mass murder in World War II concentration camps because the compound is "air soluble" and conditions in gas chambers "would not Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ Scientific evidence shows that unvaccinated people are more likely to develop severe COVID-19 and die, contrary to claim in viral social media posts about Germany data

2022-11-13 REVIEW Despite scientific evidence demonstrating that COVID-19 vaccination effectively reduces the risk of severe disease[1-5], claims that COVID-19 vaccines don’t work or even make things worse persist in online spaces and social media. Such clai Go to site post…»

Logically→ Euronews reported that an auction house in Germany is raising funds for Ukraine’s armed forces by destroying art.

2022-11-04 The video report is fabricated and was never published by Euronews. The entities mentioned in connection with the event have denied any association. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Snow and a lack of wind are not stopping solar and wind energy production in Germany

2022-10-12 "In Germany, millions of solar panels are blanketed in snow and 30,000 wind turbines are sitting idle because there’s no wind.” Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Germany Did NOT Declare War On Russia On October 11, 2022

2022-10-12 Did Germany declare war on Russia on October 11, 2022? No, that's not true. There are no credible reports or official statements confirming this claim. Even a video posted on Facebook with a headline asserting that Germany had declared wa Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: A Satire Account — NOT Reuters — Posted A Tweet Claiming Germany Said US Attacked Nord Stream Pipeline

2022-09-30 Did Reuters publish a tweet claiming that Germany has invoked NATO's collective defense provision since the United States attacked the Nord Stream pipeline? No, that's not true: This tweet was not published by Reuters news agency, but by Go to site post…»

Logically→ Ukrainian nationals were arrested for selling Stinger missiles in Bremen, Germany.

2022-09-28 Bremen Police have denied the claim saying they haven't made any such arrests. The video in question is manipulated. Go to site post…»

Logically→ Germany has suspended the administration of all COVID-19 vaccines.

2022-09-23 The German government has continued the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, and the claims made in the video are baseless. Go to site post…»

Logically→ CM Bhagwant Mann was deplaned from a flight in Germany for being drunk causing a 4-hour delay.

2022-09-20 Lufthansa, the airline, has clarified that the delay happened because of a delayed inbound flight and an aircraft change, not because of CM Mann. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 1 In 25 Clients Of Germany’s Largest Health Insurer Were NOT Treated For COVID Vaccine Side Effects In 2021

2022-08-12 Were 1 in every 25 clients of Germany's largest health insurer, Techniker Krankenkasse (TK), treated for side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine in 2021? No, that's not true: Only one of the four diagnosis codes (ICD) for billing health insu Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Misrepresentation of Germany’s Data on Unverified COVID-19 Vaccine Side Effects

2022-08-03 SciCheck Digest Viral claims have repeatedly misrepresented unverified data from a U.S. vaccine safety system that encourages reports of any potential side effects — whether they’re likely to be caused by the vaccine or not. Now we’re Go to site post…»

Snopes→ England Beats Germany 2-1 in European Championship Final

2022-07-31 England beat Germany 2-1 in the final of the European Championship after extra time on Sunday to win its first major women’s soccer title. Go to site post…»

Logically→ The COVID-19 vaccine rollout has led to a decline in the birth rate in Germany.

2022-07-07 Context:  Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Germany, Nigeria Sign Accord for Return of Benin Bronzes

2022-07-01 Germany and Nigeria signed an agreement paving the way for the return of hundreds of artifacts known as the Benin Bronzes that were taken from Africa more than 120 years ago. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Germany: Former Nazi Guard, 101, Jailed for Aiding Murder

2022-06-28 A 101-year-old man was convicted in Germany of more than 3,500 counts of accessory to murder for serving at the Nazis’ Sachsenhausen concentration camp during World War II. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ US and Germany Agree to Supply Advanced Weapons to Ukraine

2022-06-02 The U.S. and Germany pledged to equip Ukraine with some of the advanced weapons it has long desired for shooting down aircraft and knocking out artillery. Go to site post…»

Logically→ Ukrainian refugees burned down a house in Germany, in 2022, when trying to burn a Russian flag.

2022-05-27 The images in the video are from two different fire incidents, one from 2013 and the other from 2021. Bild media also confirmed the claim was fake. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Germany: Fake Doctor Gets Life in Prison for Patient Deaths

2022-05-25 A German court sentenced a woman who posed as a doctor to life in prison for causing the deaths of several people she treated. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Man in Germany Gets 90 COVID-19 Shots to Sell Forged Passes

2022-04-04 A 60-year-old man allegedly had himself vaccinated against COVID-19 dozens of times in Germany in order to sell forged vaccination cards with real vaccine batch numbers. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Germany’s Tampon Tax Rate Is NOT 19% — It Was Dropped To 7% In 2019

2022-03-30 Is a German company packaging tampons as books (which have only a 7% tax rate) as a means of getting around a 19% tax on tampons? No, that's not true: "The Tampon Book" was a real thing, but it was created as a novel ad campaign or protes Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Holocaust Survivors Flee from Ukraine to Germany for Safety

2022-03-28 In an unexpected twist of history, some of the 10,000 Holocaust survivors who had been living in Ukraine have now been taken to safety in Germany. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Russian 16-Year-Old Was Fatally Beaten By Ukrainians in Germany

2022-03-24 Did a Russian teenage volunteer die in Germany after being beaten by Ukrainian refugees on March 20, 2022? No, that's not true: German police said no complaint or report of such a killing has been received. The person narrating the video Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Man Taunting Police Is NOT Set In Germany — It Was In France In 2019

2022-03-14 Does this video show a December 2021 scene in Germany with a man playing the ominous "Imperial March" from "Star Wars" on a bugle as several police officers in full, dark-colored riot gear walk past him? No, that's not true: This video sh Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Viral image – Video shows police in France in 2019, not Germany in 2021

2022-03-11 Video shows man mocking police in Germany. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Explosion Did NOT Happen in 2022 — It’s A 2012 Controlled Explosion In Germany

2022-02-24 Is this footage of Russia bombing Ukraine? Did this explosion happen in 2022? No, that's not true: This is a controlled explosion from 2012 in Munich. The claim appeared in a TikTok video (archived here) on February 14, 2022. Text above t Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID Shots Have NOT Increased ‘Serious Injury’ From Vaccines By Over 2000% In Germany

2022-02-15 Have COVID-19 shots increased "serious injury" from vaccines by over 2,000% in Germany? No, that's not true: A press and public relations officer for DKG, the German Hospital Federation, says information was improperly analyzed by a consp Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Man Was NOT ‘Crisis Actor’ Playing Dead In Germany — It Was Protest In Austria About Climate Change

2022-02-08 Did a crisis actor blow their cover in Germany and forget that they were on TV? No, that's not true: The man moving on the ground in a video was an activist protesting climate change at a demonstration in Vienna, Austria -- not in Germany Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ The Gateway Pundit – A report about omicron cases in Germany was based on an incorrect number

2022-01-07 "Germany: 96% of Latest Omicron Patients were FULLY Vaccinated – Only 4% Unvaccinated” Go to site post…»

Logically→ In Germany, vaccinated and unvaccinated people are being separated by a fence in a supermarket.

2021-12-09 The photo is not from Germany but from Romania. The fence ensured that people without health passes could only shop for essential items. Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ No, a fence in a shopping mall wasn’t used to segregate vaccinated and unvaccinated people; photo was taken in Romania, not Germany

2021-12-08 REVIEW A Facebook post published by the political activist group Young Americans for Liberty claimed that a photo showed a fence being used to separate vaccinated and unvaccinated shoppers in Germany. That post received more than 4,600 engagements f Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New COVID Restrictions in Germany Do NOT Ban People With Disabilities From Society

2021-12-06 Go to site post…»

Logically→ British state pension is ÂŁ7,488, significantly lower than Germany and France.

2021-11-23 Since the countries pension systems vary, this claim is misleading. However, U.K. pensions do fare lower than others on various grounds. Go to site post…»

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