German court rules daughter of right-wing extremist cannot become a teacher

By Andreas Speit and Andrea Röpke

The daughter of one of Germany's most prominent right-wing extremists has been prohibited from becoming a teacher, according to a ruling by the Higher Administrative Court. She has been active in the scene herself for years.

"Who shouts, is wrong" reads the sign. The young woman holds the supposedly democratic message above her head with both hands. Dressed entirely in black on that day at the Leipzig Book Fair, she looks determined, her long hair tied in a ponytail. She positioned herself at the stand of the Antaios publishing house.

But she was not among the critics of the right-wing extremist publisher. The scene dates back to spring 2018: at that time, the daughter of publishing director Götz Kubitschek, together with other supporters from the Identitarian Movement, showed solidarity with Antaios. She remained loyal to the scene. The Saxon Higher Administrative Court has now ruled: Alruna H. may not become a teacher.

Anyone who encountered Alruna H. on those days in Leipzig knew: the future student teacher was not simply Kubitschek's daughter. Among her siblings, she is considered particularly opinionated. As early as 2017, she stood in the front row of an aggressive demonstration by the Identitarian Movement in Berlin — a group classified by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution as a confirmed right-wing extremist organization. In an interview, the young woman, wearing a floral dress, defiantly admitted to "fighting for Germany" and warned of the "great replacement," a right-wing conspiracy theory.

Tip-off from the Office for the Protection of the Constitution

In August of this year, Alruna H. was set to begin her teacher training at the Dresden-Cotta Gymnasium. Parents at the school reportedly noticed the name. The State Office for Schools and Education was brought in and investigated whether there were violations of the duty to uphold the constitution. The State Office for the Protection of the Constitution provided information that the applicant had participated in events held by the right-wing extremist Institute for State Policy (IfS) from 2022 to 2025. The IfS, co-founded by Kubitschek, was officially dissolved in 2024 after the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution classified the think tank as "confirmed right-wing extremist" in 2023.

The previously granted admission to the teacher training program was revoked. Alruna H. filed an urgent appeal with the Dresden Administrative Court and subsequently with the Higher Administrative Court in Bautzen. She justified her attendance at IfS events by citing family connections. The courts did not accept this argument. Instead, the Higher Administrative Court stated that teachers must demonstrate a minimum level of loyalty to the constitution. In Alruna H.'s case, this was in doubt. She is not permitted to complete her teacher training; consequently, she cannot work as either a civil servant or an employee in the school system.

Youth recruitment in the völkisch milieu

The education of children was important to Alruna H. from an early age. She was involved with the völkisch training ground, the "Freibund" (formerly the "Bund Heimattreuer Jugend" or BHJ), in recruiting young people from the scene. At the head of the BHJ's predecessor organization was Gernot Mörig, who organized the 2023 Potsdam meeting.

In 2018, she welcomed children and young people at the bus station in Hanover for a trip to the Dutch island of Ameland. According to its own statements, the Freibund works toward a homogeneous "people's community"; gender mainstreaming is described as "political gender leveling by the state."

In addition, Alruna H. rarely missed major actions by the Identitarians — for example in Halle — or carried their front banner in Berlin bearing the inscription "Europe. Youth. Reconquista." In 2017, she attended a völkisch May dance at the house of the antisemitic "Bund für Gotterkenntnis" (Ludendorff) together with her future husband.

In 2024, the couple, along with their young child, attended a neo-Nazi traditional festival in Cossen near Chemnitz. Her husband also comes from a family closely connected to this scene. His father was a member of the banned "Artgemeinschaft – Germanische Glaubens-Gemeinschaft." In July, he served as a doctor at the martial arts event "Jugend im Sturm" organized by the militant micro-party "III. Weg" in Hilchenbach. The rejection of Alruna H.'s urgent appeal by the Higher Administrative Court cannot be challenged.