criminal-law germany
How do I file a criminal complaint in Germany?
<p>How can I lay a criminal complaint before the governmental prosecutor according to § 158 (Strafanzeige; Strafantrag) StPO?  Need I follow a particular format?  where do I send it?  Can I submit an anonymous complaint, and if so does the prosecutor take those seriously?</p>

<p>I read the following tweet from Henry B. Poquelin*: "Fakt bleibt, man muss Positionen und Personal der Rechtspopulisten attackieren,weil sie gestrig,intolerant, rechtsaußen und gefährlich sind!" I hate AfD and its politics, but still I don't like the call for criminal violence against people and property. I thought of a prosecution based on §111 and §130 StGB.</p>

<p>Well, I will certainly not prosecute him, but I still would like to write a correct letter to the government lawyers and knowing how to send it anonymously to them.</p>

<p>*I'm using a pseudonym here to avoid listing the name of the famous SPD politician. I don't want to start a witch hunt on him.</p>

<p>You could do that online, this website will help you with that:
<a href="http://www.online-strafanzeige.de/" rel="nofollow">http://www.online-strafanzeige.de/</a></p>

<p>Also, just go to the police... They must accept your complaint and will check it. Also they can tell you wether it is likely that the complaint will lead to a lawsuit or not.</p>

<p>I don't see a violation of the cited law here, since "attack" doesn't necessary imply violence. It could also mean confronting them in the political discourse. And we're far away from § 130 StGB here. You have to apply these laws restrictively to not overly restrict the right of free speech. 
So your complaint will most probably lead nowhere. </p>
