Far-right Germans camp on the Simplon – police deny knowledge
35 members of the Identitarian Movement Germany held a training camp on Alp Alpjen in Valais. The Valais police deny having known about the gathering.
IBD camp on Valais alp: 35 far-right extremists trained on the Simplon
35 members of the Identitarian Movement Germany (IBD) held a multi-day camp on Alp Alpjen above Simplon Dorf in the canton of Valais. According to Blick, citing the research magazine Pomona, the so-called "federal camp" took place from Saturday to Sunday.
The IBD is classified by the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution as "confirmed far-right extremist". The movement spreads racist and antisemitic conspiracy theories and maintains connections to the far-right Swiss group Junge Tat.
The landlord of the accommodation told the Valais newspaper that the young men had "engaged in sport from morning to evening and also carried out night exercises". The camp was also staged for social media.
Police deny knowledge – landlord contradicts
The Valais authorities denied to Pomona that they had known about the gathering. However, the landlord stated that he had been questioned about the group by the police – a statement that contradicts the official account.
The municipal president of Simplon confirmed that the group had caused no problems in the village. According to the landlord, it was also not the first visit by the IBD to Valais: three years earlier, the group had spent some days in southwestern Switzerland.
Reminder of incident with Wehrmacht uniforms in Bern canton
The incident fits into a series of similar events. In July 2025, a group of around 25 men in Wehrmacht uniforms crossed the Wildhorn massif in Bern canton. A spokeswoman for the Bern cantonal police stated that the group was composed of individuals from various European countries as well as the USA.
The police stopped the group and ordered them to remove jackets bearing Nazi symbols in order to avoid possible conflicts with third parties. Criminal consequences did not ensue, as the wearing of Nazi symbols is currently not prohibited in Switzerland. Personal details were nonetheless recorded. The participants described their undertaking themselves as a "reenactment event" – a reconstruction of mountain divisions of the Wehrmacht in order to "respectfully pay tribute to all mountain riflemen".
Source: Blick