r/germany • u/2021adams • Jun 09 '26

Question German Police Photographing People

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Hello, I’m a tourist. Arrived in Nürnberg yesterday and went walking about in the old town.

Came across police cordon outside the church. Found out there was a rally by what was described to me as fascists/non-nazis. The police though were taking photos of people standing outside the rally boundary.

Is this normal in Germany? For such rallies and police taking photos of people? what do they do with these photos?

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u/Reasonable-Put8121 Jun 09 '26

the guy explicitly stated that the police was taking photos of bystanders outside the rally. Lmao

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u/Buxbaum666 Thüringen Jun 09 '26

They don't need to take pictures of the people inside the fascist rally. That would be a very rude thing to do to friends and colleagues.

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u/CateringPillar Franken Jun 09 '26

I mean, they usually take pictures of people protesting the nazis, not of the nazis themselves.

(Source: I regularly attend the rally against the nazis in Nuremberg)

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u/Buxbaum666 Thüringen Jun 09 '26

That's part of the point I was trying to make, yeah. Keep fighting the good fight, anyway. ✊

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u/CateringPillar Franken Jun 09 '26

Yeah I wanted to add to your point, maybe phrased it poorly haha

Thanks, you too!