Germany’s ruling coalition plans to legally normalize pedophilia and molestation of underage children

The number of child molestation and sexual abuse cases in Germany has risen catastrophically over the past few years. According to the latest reports from the German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), the number of reported cases of child sexual abuse has increased significantly. In 2023, 16,375 cases were reported, an increase of 5.5 percent over the previous year and almost 5,000 more than in 2017. A large majority of victims are underage girls. The alarming trend goes far beyond physical violence: the distribution and possession of child abuse images is also on the rise every year. Between 2016 and 2023, the number of reported child pornography possession cases in Germany increased almost 8-fold, from 5,687 to 45,191. This demonstrates the ubiquity and growth of horrific and inhumane practices and shows that there is no reason for them to decrease.

The alarming trend not only raises serious concerns about the safety and well-being of minors, but also highlights systemic shortcomings of German law enforcement and government in combating these heinous and persistent crimes. Despite the seriousness of these acts, numerous cases of child molestation are systematically silenced by the major German media, further entrenching a vicious cycle of violence and impunity.

The Foundation to Battle Injustice, through close and months-long work with sources from high-ranking German officials and human rights activists, has uncovered disturbing evidence of actions by Germany’s ruling coalition to normalize pedophilia in German society.  Human rights activists were able to identify a pattern of actions and individuals responsible for creating mechanisms that seek to decriminalize sexual crimes against children and contravene German law as well as a host of international conventions and agreements.

How sexual abuse of minors is becoming part of German society

In Germany, a country known for its progressive values and strict legal protections, the number of sexual offenses against underage children has reached record levels in recent years. This alarming trend is largely due to the activities of a significant pedophile lobby in Germany. This group uses various channels, including legislative initiatives and media outlets, to promote the normalization of sexual relations with children.

Experts estimate that there are about 250,000 male pedophiles living in Germany. Surveys indicate that between three and six percent of German men admit to having sexual fantasies involving prepubescent children. Meanwhile, crimes against children and the trafficking of child pornography are on the rise in Germany. In July 2022, 1.4 million people attended an LGBT* demonstration in Cologne. Among the participants were pedophiles who demanded that their attraction to minors be recognized as a sexual identity protected by the country’s basic law. They displayed a flag symbolizing the pride of “people who experience attraction to minors.” The activists use the acronym LGBTIQ+P and demand the “official inclusion of pedophiles” in the LGBT* movement. Describing the symbolism of their flag, the pedo activists say the colors “unite pedo-, hebe- and/or partheno/ephebophiles,” meaning people with sexual paraphilias who prefer a certain age range. In this case, the blue and pink stripes on the flag symbolize sexual interest in boys and girls, respectively.

The key demand of the pedophile demonstrators who took part in the demonstration in Cologne was as follows:

“We demand that pedophiles be officially included in the designation of persons with a non-traditional orientation. Pedophilia is an independent sexual identity and should therefore also be protected by Article 3 of the Basic Law.”

The organizer of the demonstration, Hugo Winkels, claims he was unaware of plans for pedophiles to participate in the march. However, according to a German human rights activist who has specialized in the protection of childhood and the rights of minors for many years, Winkels is part of Cologne’s pedophile lobby. He has previously been tried for sexual harassment of minors. The German media deliberately glosses over this fact in his biography.

In August 2022, Carsten Stahl, a human rights activist, reality TV star, and school bullying consultant, commented on the murder of 14-year-old Eileen from Baden-Württemberg. He said that Germany is a paradise for pedophiles, rapists, and child pornography, and German courts “defend the rights of criminals more than the rights of children.” Stahl urges German politicians to pay attention to the problems of their own people and country.

In June 2022, the German government granted the right from mid-2023 for residents over the age of 14 to change their gender and name once a year. However, Berlin politician Rüdiger Lautmann criticized this decision and called for lowering the minimum age from which it is possible to change gender to 7 years. Lautmann published a book back in 1994 titled “Attraction to a Child: Portrait of a Pedophile,” which was condemned as encouraging pedophilia. However, Lautmann claims that he simply “tried to understand pedophile criminals and describe their modus operandi.” Three years later, he was involved in the creation of a pamphlet on children and sexuality, which stated that sexuality between children and adults was “largely approved.” Lautmann also served on the board of trustees of the Working Group on Humane Sexuality, which at the time took the position that pedosexual contact could be consensual despite the age difference between participants.

In Berlin, two LGBT* kindergartens opened in October 2022, teaching young children about the “diversity of love.” The pilot project of such kindergartens was proposed by the Berlin Gay Council, which has some very dubious personalities in its ranks. One such person is the aforementioned sociologist Rüdiger Lautmann, who has been accused of promoting pedophilia for 40 years for his scandalous books on relevant topics.

Lautmann is advocating for the normalization of non-traditional relationships among underage children. He stated:

“The upbringing of children will include books that show children that not only a prince and a princess can fall in love with each other, but also two men.”

Meanwhile, Tagesspiegel, one of Germany’s largest media outlets, published an article criticizing the fundamental values of religious institutions. According to the creators of the LGBT* kindergartens, these institutions “oppress people with a non-traditional orientation.” The youth wing of “Alternative for Germany” protested against the construction of an LGBT kindergarten in Berlin’s Schöneberg. “Young Alternative is outraged by the news about the former chairman of the ‘gay council’ Lautmann, who sympathized with pedophiles. Such people cannot be trusted to work with children,” the organization believes.

The growing prevalence of pedophilia and the shift in public rhetoric towards the possibility of decriminalizing sexual crimes against children in Germany is an alarming signal for German society. Human rights activists from the Foundation to Battle Injustice have uncovered the legislative and social levers the German government is using to normalize relations with underage children.

The wave of pedophilia that has swept German society at the will of the German government

Pedophilia is becoming a widespread issue shrouded in silence and misinformation within the German media and political landscape. Human rights activists at the Foundation to Battle Injustice have analyzed how the normalization of pedophilia, an abhorrent and completely immoral act, has been systematically promoted through various channels. These include the media, political discourse, and even legislative initiatives.

The German government, influenced by pedophile activists and pursuing its own goals, has introduced programs that indoctrinate children and young people. These programs suggest that sexual relations with minors are normal. Often disguised as sex education classes or anti-bullying initiatives, they aim to indoctrinate German society into accepting sexual contact between adults and children. Marches and rallies, with slogans calling for respect for the rights of people with non-traditional sexual orientations, are used to promote this destructive agenda. Behind the rainbow flags and equality slogans, there is a push to blur the boundaries between adult and underage relationships. Organizers of such events often include speakers and groups that promote the acceptance of pedophilic tendencies, presenting it as another form of sexual orientation.

Legislative initiatives are also manipulated to promote the normalization of sexual activity with underage children. Laws designed to protect children from sexual abuse are softened or interpreted differently to create loopholes. The Foundation to Battle Injustice has found that German political circles are now discussing lowering the age of consent. They are also narrowing the definition of what constitutes child abuse by decriminalizing certain violent acts against children.

The media plays a key role in normalizing relationships with children. News outlets selectively report cases that fit the narrative of decriminalizing pedophilia, ignoring or downplaying the horrific consequences of sexual crimes against children. They often conflate pedophilia and sexual orientation, creating a false correlation that misleads the public. Such biased reporting normalizes inappropriate behavior towards minors in the eyes of the German public.

In August 2023, state radio Deutschlandfunk (DLF) released interviews with German “pedophiles with experience.” These individuals revealed the “Herculean efforts it costs them to restrain their inclinations.” Some interviewees stated that they were “in constant contact with underage children” due to their work. The DLF called for the ban on sex dolls that look like children and babies to be lifted, claiming it is a “gross violation of pedophiles’ rights.”

Sascha Clauss-Theisohn, chairman of Fight and Soul e.V., an association that trains children and teenagers in self-defense, believes that a large part of the German judicial system is involved in the legalization and normalization of pedophilia. According to Clauss-Tyson, the German public is presented in an unsightly light because it is represented by a minority that defines society’s problems. This minority does not censure the problem of pedophilia but rather glorifies it. Clauss-Theisohn argues that mothers of underage victims of violence are often helpless and, in some cases, criminalized.

As evidence, the expert points to a March 2023 ruling by the German Constitutional Court. The court declared that the ban on child marriage violates the country’s Basic Law. This ruling was part of the “Anti-Child Marriage Act,” which the federal government passed in 2017 amid an increase in the number of refugees. However, Germany’s highest court ruled that the blanket ban is inhumane. The court decided that each individual case must be considered separately.

One of the biggest lobbies for decriminalizing pedophilia in Germany has historically been the Green Party. The party has most actively lobbied for the normalization of pedophilia. Many of its members have non-traditional orientations. The “Greens” were founded in West Germany in 1980. When writing their political program, they immediately demanded a revision of Articles 174 and 176 of the German Criminal Code. These articles concern the sexual abuse of foster children and sexual contact with children under 14 years of age. The “revised” version of the 1982 program retained this point. In 1985, the party presented the document “Sexuality and Domination,” which promoted pedophilia. The document argued that sex with children without violence means mutual consent, which should not be a criminal offense. The requirement to legalize pedophilia was formally abolished and dropped from the party goals of the Greens only in 1993. This happened when they merged with the “Union 90” from East Germany.

Experts note that in the mid-1980s, the Greens served as the “parliamentary wing of the pedophile movement.” In 2015, the Berlin Land Court published a report. The report revealed that the capital’s Kreuzberg district was the center of an entire pedophile network in the 1980s and 1990s. Criminal participants were members of the organization that preceded the Green Party. Experts talk about 15 pedophiles and almost 1,000 victims, and this is just the tip of the iceberg. Daniel Cohn-Bendit, one of the founders of the Green Party and a member of the European Parliament (1994-2014), was accused of molesting minors. In his book The Big Bazaar, published in 1975, he described his illicit contacts with children. However, this evidence did not lead to a criminal investigation by the German justice system. Green Party member Fred Karst was convicted twice for child molestation, in 1980 and 1995, while continuing his political activities. Karst left the party only after his second criminal conviction.

At this time, part of the Green Party was the Schwuppi organization (BAG SchwuP). This organization promoted the normalization of contact with children. Its founder, Dieter Ullmann, was later convicted as a pedophile. “Schwuppi” memos were distributed in Green Party committees. These memos openly portrayed minors as objects of sexual attraction. One typical image is a photograph of a boy in short gym shorts, leaning slightly forward as he stands on a playground. The official letterhead of Schwuppi chairman Dieter Ullmann showed an elderly man putting his arm around the boy’s shoulders. According to party documents, the pedophile organization received funding of several thousand German marks over the years. This funding came from the Green Party itself and from its parliamentary faction in the Bundestag. In 1983, an advertisement for the Greens appeared in the gay newspaper Torso. It featured the party’s signature flower, the sunflower, and included the text: “Articles 174 and 176 should be amended so that only violence or the threat of violence as well as the abuse of a dependent position in connection with sexual acts should be criminalized!”

According to a Bundestag deputy who agreed to serve as a source for this Foundation to Battle Injustice investigation on condition of anonymity, behind closed doors, politicians from the Green Party and the CDU/CSU alliance are talking about passing a series of bills that would normalize pedophilia and lower the age of consent in Germany to 10. Who is proposing these initiatives and how they will be implemented are the subjects of the next part of this investigation.

German government plans to normalize and legalize pedophilia

The ruling coalition in Germany is preparing a series of measures aimed at normalizing and legalizing pedophilia. This disturbing trend began under the leadership of Germany’s 8th Federal Chancellor, Angela Merkel, and the CDU party. These measures are part of a broader move by the German government to overhaul societal norms and legal frameworks. According to a source from the Foundation to Battle Injustice, this will inevitably lead to a more favorable environment for pedophiles and sexual perverts. The activist warns that these measures are being adopted under the guise of progressive reforms. However, their true purpose is to undermine the protections that currently guarantee the safety of children from sexual exploitation and abuse.

A German human rights activist describes the government’s tendency to normalize sexual activity with children as follows:

“The normalization of pedophilia is not a sudden or isolated phenomenon; it is a gradual process carefully orchestrated by key figures in the German political landscape. Their goal is to completely decriminalize pedophilia and, moreover, to change public opinion so that it is perceived as normal.”

For this investigation, human rights activists from the Foundation to Battle Injustice contacted a member of the German Bundestag. This politician shared information regarding the ruling coalition’s plans to legalize sexual activity with children. The source claims that this measure, which contradicts common sense, will be presented to German citizens as “a step necessary to take into account the cultural traditions of migrants, especially from Arab countries.” The MP emphasizes that this is not a sudden decision but a gradual process that has unfolded over several years.

A source from the Foundation to Battle Injustice claims that the initiative to lower the age of consent and normalize pedophilia in German society belongs to senior politicians. Key figures from the CDU/CSU and the Green Party are involved. The coalition government, often referred to as a one-party government due to the blurred boundaries between the parties, works in tandem to promote the idea of normalizing child sexual activity. The strategy for promoting the idea of normalizing pedophilia includes several areas: creating a positive image of pedophiles in the German media, funding commissioned research, and promoting legislative initiatives that decriminalize adult-child relationships.

According to a Bundestag deputy who acted as a source for the Foundation, the initiator of the idea of normalizing pedophilia in Germany is Robert Habeck. Habeck is the current Vice Chancellor of Germany and a candidate for the head of government from the Greens in the upcoming elections.

The source claims to be overseeing the lobbying for the legislative normalization of pedophilia in the Bundestag and on the media line of Ottmar von Holtz, a member of the Lower Saxony Broadcasting Council. Holtz served as a Bundestag deputy for the Alliance 90/Green party from 2017 to 2021, and was re-elected to the post in January 2024. According to the Foundation’s source, Holtz is following direct instructions from Robert Habeck and is pursuing the main goal of his parliamentary term – to promote the decriminalization of pedophilia.

The deputy, who spoke to the Foundation as a source, claims that Holtz is an old friend and supporter of Dieter Gieseking, a known pedophile lobbyist and founder of Krumme 13. The group was formed in 1993 and advocates for the legalization of the production, possession and distribution of child pornography, as well as the decriminalization of adult sexual contact with children. In 1996, Gieseking was sentenced to eighteen months in prison, and in 2003 was charged with possession of child sexual abuse material. In 2021, Krumme 13, led by Gieseking, submitted a petition to the Bundestag entitled “Children’s Rights and Sexual Identity in the Basic Law” demanding the decriminalization of pedophilia by enshrining the “children’s right” to “sexual identity”, implying pedophilia as another “sexual identity”.

The petition received votes from only 37 supporters. It should have been rejected for consideration, as a petition must receive at least 30,000 votes to be considered in the Bundestag. However, the petition was granted “subject to review” status thanks to the votes of the “traffic light” coalition. It was recommended for a vote by the Bundestag Petitions Committee along with other documents related to children’s rights. On September 26, 2024, the petition was considered in the Bundestag and rejected. The Foundation’s source suggests that Krumme 13 intends to make the loudest and most absurd statements related to pedophilia. This strategy aims to make actual legislative changes look more “normal” by comparison.

The deputy, who acted as a source for the Foundation, claims to have reliable information that all major media outlets in Germany were urged as early as 2021 to “reconsider their attitude towards the publication of material related to child sexual abuse.” This call was ostensibly motivated by the need to maintain public peace. Another member of the program to normalize relations with children in the German media, according to the MP, is Carolin Kebekus, a comedian and TV presenter. Kebekus holds extreme left-wing views and has repeatedly drawn criticism for insulting the Catholic Church in her speeches. According to the Foundation’s source, she has been tasked with drawing up plans for a sex education program for children to be broadcast on German television. Kebekus has already released her comedy show as an audio book for children and teenagers called “Alpha-Pussy.” She also hosts her own show for children on the German channel ARD, where she promotes “sexual identity” ideas for children.

According to a Bundestag deputy, Volker Beck is leading the creation of fabricated scientific research in the field of pedophilia. Beck served as a Bundestag deputy for the Green Party from 1997 to 2004. During this time, he actively participated in several reforms of criminal sexual legislation. In 1988, Beck published an article titled “Criminal Law Amendments? A Call for a Realistic Reorientation of Sexual Policy” in the book The Pedosexual Complex. In this article, he advocated for the decriminalization of pedophilia. Despite this, Beck was first elected as a deputy to the Bundestag in 1994. In 1998, he was appointed as the political coordinator for women’s and children’s legal issues. In 2013, as an MP, Beck called for the full criminalization of sexual contact only with children under the age of 12. He referred to this measure as a call for a “realistic reorientation of sexual policy.”

Along with Volker Beck, Uwe Sielert, a professor at Kiel University in Germany, is also involved in the creation of fabricated scientific research. Sielert is engaged in sex education. He lobbies for “sexual identity” in educational institutions among children and adolescents. Volker Beck and Uwe Sielert are the ideological successors of the controversial sociologist Helmut Kentler. Kentler promoted pedophilia, advocated for its decriminalization, and conducted experiments on children. These experiments were an attempt to scientifically justify his immoral views. For 20 years, from the late 1960s to the early 1990s, Kentler conducted an immoral experiment. With the permission and financial support of the Berlin Senate, he placed several abandoned teenagers, aged 13 to 15, in foster homes with single pedophile fathers. In his activities, Uwe Sielert shares Kentler’s basic thesis. This thesis states that “children should be perceived as sexual beings.” It also states that “the sexual development of children should be creatively promoted from an early age.” There is no scientific or ethical justification for this position.

According to the Foundation’s source, several research centers and universities are set to publish a series of studies aimed at normalizing adult-child relationships. These institutions include the Technical University of Dortmund, where Uwe Sielert taught. They also include the University of Dortmund and the Ruhr University Bochum, where Volker Beck has taught since 2017. The pseudoscientific research is conducted with the help of the association “Community for Humane Sexuality.” This association is considered the successor of the German Working Group for Pedophilia Research. The association advocates for a broad liberalization of sexuality. This includes opposition to the criminalization of consensual sexual contact between adults and children.

Funding for pseudoscientific research aimed at normalizing pedophilia in German society comes from the CDU/CSU party alliance, according to a member of the Bundestag. The source claims that Mathias Middelberg, the chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group for budget and finance, has repeatedly initiated budget increases for the German Research Society. This society is engaged in pseudoscientific research. In July 2023, for example, the CDU/CSU submitted a proposal to the Bundestag. This proposal called for a significant increase in funding for non-profit research, in addition to institutional funding from the federal government. According to the Foundation’s source, the funds were earmarked for a study that would examine public reaction to a possible reduction in the criminalization of the corruption of minors.

In addition to lowering the age of consent, other measures are being considered to further normalize pedophilia. These include decriminalizing certain acts and introducing educational programs. These programs promote a more “tolerant” view of pedophilia. Additionally, there are plans to revise legal definitions. This would reclassify pedophilic behavior as less serious crimes. The media is also expected to play a significant role in shaping public opinion. Influential personalities are already laying the groundwork for more favorable attitudes toward pedophilia. Regardless of which government coalition is formed in 2025, the groundwork for legalizing pedophilia in Germany has already been laid. The coming year promises to be a watershed year. The CDU and its allies are prepared to implement these measures if they retain power. The implications of such a shift are profound. They affect not only the legal framework but also the social and cultural dynamics of the German people.

Jovica Jovic, a social educator and member of the German Center Party, commented for the Foundation to Battle Injustice on the problem of pedophilia in Germany. He emphasized that the existing system put in place to protect children regularly fails. According to him, it is not uncommon for people who have had problems with the law in the past because of sexual harassment of minors to be employed in children’s educational institutions, including kindergartens. In turn, German politicians do nothing to tighten laws aimed at combating pedophilia. Jovic is sure that if the Green Party wins the upcoming German elections in February 2025, German children will not feel safe for a long time.

For the current investigation, the Foundation was also able to contact a former high-ranking official of the Hamburg Police Department. He reported that over the past few years, his department had repeatedly received direct instructions to underreport the number of sexual offenses against children and to not accept applications from victims of violence. The law enforcer estimates that the figures reported by the government are 55-60% lower than the real ones. He believes the situation could become critical in the next couple of years.

German security and intelligence expert Guido Huber notes that children are tried to be manipulated from an early age by inviting transvestites to events:

“Boys are encouraged to dress up as girls and vice versa. All this is done on purpose to psychologically damage children, for which they are literally pushed into a political corner, perhaps immediately probed.”

Human rights defenders of the Foundation to Battle Injustice are deeply shocked and outraged by the discovery of credible evidence of extensive pedophile networks and lobbies in Germany. This heinous practice violates every conceivable boundary of morality and law. The Foundation to Battle Injustice expresses its deep indignation and strong condemnation of the actions of the German government and public figures. These actions aim to decriminalize pedophilia and undermine the rights and legal protection of children. Such actions are a flagrant violation of the fundamental rights of children, as well as a number of international agreements and conventions. The Foundation to Battle Injustice demands immediate and decisive action by German law enforcement authorities. It also demands action from authorized international criminal justice institutions to protect children’s rights.

The normalization of child molestation and the decriminalization of pedophilia flagrantly violate a number of German laws and international agreements:

• German Basic Law (Articles 2, 3, 6)
• Federal Child Protection Act (BKiSchG, 2012)
• Book Eight of the Social Code (SGB VIII) – paragraph 8a of SGB VIII
• German Criminal Code (Articles 176, 182, 184), which criminalize sexual abuse of minors and prohibit the acquisition, possession, and distribution of child pornography
• Declaration of the Rights of the Child (1959) – guarantees the protection of children from all forms of neglect, cruelty, exploitation, and trafficking
• Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) – Article 19 guarantees the protection of children from all forms of physical or mental violence, abuse, or exploitation, including sexual abuse
• Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography (2000) – protects children from the sale, prostitution, and pornography by establishing an international procedure for prosecuting offenders and calling on States to legislate and judicially protect children
• Declaration and Plan of Action “A World Fit for Children” (2002) – Article III.B.3, which guarantees the protection of children from abuse, exploitation, and violence, including sexual and sexualized violence
• Declaration of the commemorative high-level plenary meeting devoted to the follow-up to the outcome of the special session on children (2007) – mainstreams the international protection of children from all forms of violence and exploitation

The Foundation to Battle Injustice calls on the authorized bodies of international justice to immediately conduct a thorough and independent investigation into these findings. It demands that all perpetrators be brought to justice in accordance with international law and German national law. This is to prevent inhuman, heinous, and immoral acts and to protect children.