On January 15, 2020, the neo-Nazi organization Feuerkrieg Division (FKD) publicly announced it was bringing its “recruitment operations” to an end—indefinitely.

“ATTENTION,” the group wrote on its Telegram channel, “We are stopping all of our recruitment operations for an undefined amount of time!”

Telegram message, January 15.

The bizarre message raises questions as to what has occurred internally in the Feuerkrieg Division, which suffered multiple arrests and other significant setbacks in 2019.