The vendetta of the judiciary against doctors continues unabated!
Updated June 23, 2026:
“Today is a dark day for me and my livelihood”, said Dr. Marc Fiddike, a Hamburg general practitioner who was still visibly shaken as he began his account of the police raid on February 16, 2021. Early in the morning, there had been a frantic ringing of the doorbell and hammering on his apartment door; then eight armed police officers stormed into his private apartment, trampling all over his carpets with their dirty, slushy boots. While one of them stood guard over the distraught Dr. Fiddike like a bodyguard, the others searched every nook and cranny of his private quarters for two hours. Fifteen personal electronic devices were confiscated, including old laptops and PCs that hadn’t been used in ages, as well as his two cell phones. Then his car was searched, and afterwards he was forced to drive with the police to his practice, where a second police squad was waiting. They searched his office and, after lengthy negotiations, “only” copied the entire digital patient records rather than seizing them. A witness reported seeing approximately twelve police cars and thirty police officers outside Dr. Fiddike’s practice. The pretext for this heavy-handed police operation: three “false” mask certificates! Fortunately, Dr. Fiddike was able to inform his lawyer, who stood by his side, and a small protest involving about fifty people spontaneously formed in front of the practice.
His colleague, the oncologist Dr. Walter Weber, fared no better. At the same time, early at 8:00 a.m., two women rang his doorbell and asked for a “conversation.” They were followed by twelve to fifteen police officers, who, though in plain clothes, were armed and wearing bulletproof vests, and searched his private and office spaces. All of his oncology patient files, his cell phone, and his laptop were seized. We reported in detail on the prosecution and trial of Dr. Walter Weber in our periodical Ketzerbriefe No. 248 and here on this website. The Hamburg Regional Court’s December 2024 ruling of a one-year and ten-month suspended prison sentence, along with the order to pay court costs, has since been upheld by the Federal Court of Justice (BGH). Dr. Weber is now pursuing legal action before the European Court of Human Rights.
In April 2026, Dr. Marc Fiddike, 61 years old, was the next Hamburg doctor to be dragged before the local Regional Court. He is accused of issuing 117 “false” health certificates – mask exemptions – between May 8, 2020, and February 21, 2021, in violation of Section 278 (“Issuance of incorrect health certificates”) of the German Criminal Code (StGB). This was preceded by the house searches described above, carried out by a heavily armed police contingent, simultaneously at Dr. Weber’s residence. Both doctors are founding members of “Ärzte für Aufklärung” (“Doctors for Enlightenment”), an association of German doctors and other health professionals founded in 2020 in order to provide critical information on the corona-related state measures. Both physicians were speakers at various demonstrations, which is why both have faced the same relentless persecution. The indictment is dated September 1, 2022, and was filed on March 16, 2026. The authorities used the agonizingly long period in between to prosecute and convict Dr. Fiddike’s patients for “incitement to issue an incorrect health certificate.”
On the very first day of the trial, the prosecutor stated that the sentencing would be based on Dr. Weber’s conviction – imprisonment of one year and 10 months on probation – and that a professional ban, i.e., revocation of his medical license, which is threatened for prison sentences of 2 years or more, was unlikely to be imposed. In the majority of cases, Dr. Fiddike issued mask exemption certificates for children. Just as a reminder: Children were – unlike during the “Spanish Flu” – hardly threatened by the coronavirus in its various variants; all measures taken against them – mandatory face masks even during physical education and in the school yard, freezing in school due to ventilation mania, the hell of isolation and “homeschooling” – were pure and exclusive harassment with severe harmful consequences for the children’s psyche. And let’s not forget the police raids on children’s birthday parties!
On the first day of the trial, it was already clear that neither side wanted a trial on the scale of the Weber trial – which at the time lasted 27 days with numerous witnesses and experts. At the start of the second day of the trial, Dr. Fiddike stated that he wished to address each case individually, particularly to clarify the specific facts, since 95% of the patients had come to his practice. However, both the judge and the prosecutor were counting on a swift conclusion to the trial through a “confession” by the defendant, since he had, according to their view, violated applicable law and medical standards.
Let us recall once again: Within the context of telemedicine – which was heavily promoted, indeed virtually mandated, especially during the COVID-19 curfew to avoid those oh-so-dangerous contacts with patients – it remains possible to this day to issue a sick note – the most common medical certificate issued by doctors – based on a telephone conversation or a video call. The significance of the mask mandate can be gauged by the fact that, to date, no doctor has been dragged into court over a sick note issued via telephone or telemedicine, in stark contrast to a mask certificate.
Dr. Fiddike acted in accordance with the Professional Code of Conduct for Physicians to the “best of his knowledge and medical conviction” and had only the well-being of his patients in mind. He stated for the record on the very first day of the trial that studies prior to 2020 had already shown that masks have no effect on containing viruses, as all subsequent studies also impressively demonstrated.
The main charge against him is the “lack of a physical examination” prior to issuing the certificate. The physical examination as a prerequisite for issuing a “legitimate” certificate was first demanded in the Weber trial in a state-sanctioned, complacent expert opinion from the Hamburg Institute of Forensic Medicine, to which the prosecutor repeatedly refers. The double standard is obscene: just think again of video consultations and sick notes issued over the phone.
The public’s lack of interest is deeply disheartening (and also ungrateful!), as is the way the court and the prosecutor treat the “defendant.” As a spectator, one constantly has the agonizing feeling of being in the wrong movie and witnessing a malpractice trial, while the political aspect of revenge justice is completely left out. The judge comes across as a very youthful-looking, seemingly soft-spoken man with a sympathetic voice (who likely already has the verdict in his drawer), while the prosecutor – who also looks youthful – has the demeanor of a hipster on his way to his next vegan oat milk latte macchiato – though at times he treats Dr. Fiddike so outrageously that as a listener you have a hard time keeping a straight face: “That’s not how it works, Dr. Fiddike; we’re not getting anywhere this way... Now you’re lying... That’s a confession... we can skip that here; it’s a waste of time... we can skip this whole interrogation; that’s just a lie...” One wonders if he behaves this way with the real criminals from the Reeperbahn, too!
But even the judge, who comes across as “sympathetic” in a youthful way, is tough as nails and sometimes becomes loud and gruff: “If you admit that you issued certificates in a generalized manner, that will be a mitigating factor. Then it’s just fraud” – after Dr. Fiddike had exhaustively gone through every single patient with their respective complaints. Then the judge continues with his understanding tone: “I also thought it was wrong back then with the masks for the children. But you wouldn’t be losing any face if you admitted to not having conducted any examinations.” To which Dr. Fiddike replied: “How am I supposed to check what’s happening to the patients under the mask?” (He had previously explained the consequences of the mask mandate in detail: shortness of breath, nausea, dizziness, panic attacks, fainting spells). To which the judge again responds sympathetically: “You have nothing to be ashamed of for not having conducted an examination” – as I said, as a listener, it is even harder to bear and more agonizing than the Dr. Weber trial!
An additional hearing has already been scheduled – let’s see when the verdict will finally be pulled out of the drawer. Without public attention, these principled doctors – and their patients as well – are being humiliated in the dark and legally destroyed.
The trial in Hamburg against Dr. Marc Fiddike continues! We will continue to report.
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Latest Report from June 23, 2026:
Today, Dr. Marc Fiddike was sentenced to one year and six months in prison. This sentence was suspended for two years “on probation,” and two months of it were waived “to compensate for the lengthy duration of the proceedings.” In addition, a fine of 4,700 euros was ordered to be seized from his account, representing the “profit” he allegedly made from his medical certificates. Furthermore, Dr. Fiddike has been ordered to pay 12,000 euros to the organization Doctors Without Borders “to make the punishment tangible” (payable on the first of each month in monthly installments of at least 500 euros). The probation also includes the condition that he must report any change of residence.
All of this for just a few mask exemption certificates that he issued to his patients, most of whom were children!
This judicial system relies on intimidation and humiliation, criminalization and threats – even to the point of destroying the professional and financial livelihoods of all those doctors who prioritized the well-being and health of their patients over government regulations. Only the pressure of public attention can counteract this approach.
