A court in Munich is due to conclude the trial of Beate Zschaepe, the only known survivor of a far-right cell suspected of killing nine people from ethnic minorities and a police officer, in a case that shocked Germany when it came to light in 2011.
Zschaepe, who has been on trial since May 2013, has been dubbed by German tabloids as the “Nazi Bride” over allegations she manipulated far-right gangsters into carrying out her whims.
As details of official incompetence and missteps around the killings emerged, a national debate began in Germany about institutional racism in the country’s police and security services.
Families of the victims were due to hold a news conference Tuesday, a day before the verdict, to highlight questions they feel the trial hasn’t answered about the actions of the National Socialist Underground (NSU) and its supporters, and about why their loved ones were targeted.
Lawyers for the relatives say the second-longest trial in German post-war history failed to examine the security agencies’ mistakes and the role their informants in the neo-Nazi scene played during the nearly 14 years the NSU evaded arrest. (more...)
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