Matthias Helferich

Matthias Helferich is a German right-wing politician for the Alternative for Germany party. He has been a factionless member of the Bundestag since 2021. In 2025, he was re-admitted to the AfD parliamentary group like the fellow controversial politician Maximilian Krah.

Career

Helferich was born in 1988 in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He served at Bundeswehr in guard unit in Siegburg and begann to study 2009 law at University Bonn.
Helferich was elected to the Bundestag in 2021. Although a party member of AfD, he never entered the party faction and is currently a factionless member of the Bundestag.
Within the AfD, Helferich is part of the ethnic-national wing under Björn Höcke.
In 2025, he was re-admitted back into the AfD faction.

Political views

Helferich called himself a "democratic Freisler", referring to a Nazi-era judge. He later said that his statements were meant as parody: "If you are confronted with Nazi accusations as frequently as AfD politicians, you compensate for that in private spheres. You ridicule it."