diff --git a/client/src/app/app.component.ts b/client/src/app/app.component.ts
index eecfe4cf5..8ea19a186 100644
--- a/client/src/app/app.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/app.component.ts
@@ -45,8 +45,17 @@ declare global {
     interface Number {
         modulo(n: number): number;
     }
+
+    interface String {
+        decode(): string;
+    }
 }
 
+/**
+ * May only be created once since this thing is fat
+ */
+const domParser = new DOMParser();
+
 /**
  * Angular's global App Component
  */
@@ -103,6 +112,7 @@ export class AppComponent {
         this.overloadSetFunctions();
         this.overloadModulo();
         this.loadCustomIcons();
+        this.overloadDecodeString();
 
         // Wait until the App reaches a stable state.
         // Required for the Service Worker.
@@ -198,6 +208,23 @@ export class AppComponent {
         });
     }
 
+    /**
+     * This is not the fastest solution but the most reliable one.
+     * Certain languages and TinyMCE do not follow the any predictable
+     * behaviour when it comes to encoding UTF8.
+     * decodeURI and decodeURIComponent were not able to successfully
+     * replace any ;&*uml with something meaningfull.
+     */
+    private overloadDecodeString(): void {
+        Object.defineProperty(String.prototype, 'decode', {
+            enumerable: false,
+            value(): string {
+                const doc = domParser.parseFromString(this, 'text/html');
+                return doc.body.textContent || '';
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
     /**
      * Enhances the number object with a real modulo operation (not remainder).
      * TODO: Remove this, if the remainder operation is changed to modulo.
diff --git a/client/src/app/site/motions/models/view-motion.ts b/client/src/app/site/motions/models/view-motion.ts
index 783f9cf9c..ae9c3e04d 100644
--- a/client/src/app/site/motions/models/view-motion.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/site/motions/models/view-motion.ts
@@ -231,19 +231,25 @@ export class ViewMotion
         const properties: SearchProperty[] = [];
         properties.push({ key: 'Title', value: this.getTitle() });
         properties.push({ key: 'Submitters', value: this.submittersAsUsers.map(user => user.full_name).join(', ') });
-        properties.push({ key: 'Text', value: this.text, trusted: true });
-        properties.push({ key: 'Reason', value: this.reason, trusted: true });
+        properties.push({ key: 'Text', value: this.text.decode(), trusted: true });
+        properties.push({ key: 'Reason', value: this.reason.decode(), trusted: true });
         if (this.amendment_paragraphs) {
             properties.push({
                 key: 'Amendments',
-                value: this.amendment_paragraphs.filter(x => !!x).join('\n'),
+                value: this.amendment_paragraphs
+                    .filter(x => !!x)
+                    .join('\n')
+                    .decode(),
                 trusted: true
             });
         }
         properties.push({ key: 'Tags', value: this.tags.map(tag => tag.getTitle()).join(', ') });
         properties.push({
             key: 'Comments',
-            value: this.motion.comments.map(comment => comment.comment).join('\n'),
+            value: this.motion.comments
+                .map(comment => comment.comment)
+                .join('\n')
+                .decode(),
             trusted: true
         });
         properties.push({ key: 'Supporters', value: this.supporters.map(user => user.full_name).join(', ') });
diff --git a/client/src/app/site/topics/models/view-topic.ts b/client/src/app/site/topics/models/view-topic.ts
index 26fb3ba6a..5f3116282 100644
--- a/client/src/app/site/topics/models/view-topic.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/site/topics/models/view-topic.ts
@@ -27,12 +27,14 @@ export class ViewTopic extends BaseViewModelWithAgendaItemAndListOfSpeakers<Topi
      * @override
      */
     public formatForSearch(): SearchRepresentation {
+        const properties = [
+            { key: 'Title', value: this.getTitle() },
+            { key: 'Text', value: this.text.decode(), trusted: true }
+        ];
+
         return {
-            properties: [
-                { key: 'Title', value: this.getTitle() },
-                { key: 'Text', value: this.text, trusted: true }
-            ],
-            searchValue: [this.getTitle(), this.text]
+            properties,
+            searchValue: properties.map(property => property.value)
         };
     }