https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed German police have arrested a man they suspect of sending threatening letters inspired by a shadowy neo-Nazi cell that committed a string of racist murders in the 2000s, prosecutors said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20210504/german-police-arrest-nsu-2-0-suspect-over-neo-nazi-threats Tue, 04 May 2021 12:01:43 +0200 german-police-arrest-nsu-2-0-suspect-over-neo-nazi-threats More than 200 police in western Germany swooped on colleagues accused of spreading "repulsive" far-right propaganda in online chatrooms, a state interior minister said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20200916/german-police-officers-suspended-after-sharing-far-right-images Wed, 16 Sep 2020 15:34:20 +0200 german-police-officers-suspended-after-sharing-far-right-images Prosecutors said Monday they arrested a former police officer and his wife who they suspect of having sent threatening emails to politicians and other public figures across Germany, signing them off with a neo-Nazi reference. https://www.thelocal.de/20200727/ex-police-wife-arrested-over-far-right-letters-german-prosecutors Mon, 27 Jul 2020 18:32:56 +0200 ex-police-wife-arrested-over-far-right-letters-german-prosecutors A wave of threatening messages sent to politicians and other public figures in Germany is larger than previously thought, it emerged Tuesday, deepening a row over possible far-right links in a regional police force. https://www.thelocal.de/20200721/german-public-figures-receive-wave-of-far-right-threats Tue, 21 Jul 2020 19:47:09 +0200 german-public-figures-receive-wave-of-far-right-threats After a heavily-armed man shot two people dead, one of them outside a synagogue, in eastern German city Halle, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said there were "signs of a far-right extremist background" to the attack. https://www.thelocal.de/20191010/fears-over-germanys-violent-far-right-grow-after-halle-attack Thu, 10 Oct 2019 12:37:36 +0200 fears-over-germanys-violent-far-right-grow-after-halle-attack A tree planted to commemorate a victim of the neo-Nazi Nationalist Socialist Underground (NSU) group has been sawed down in the eastern German city of Zwickau. https://www.thelocal.de/20191004/probe-launched-after-german-memorial-to-neo-nazi-murder-victim-torn-down Fri, 04 Oct 2019 18:34:54 +0200 probe-launched-after-german-memorial-to-neo-nazi-murder-victim-torn-down German police have been shaken by accusations five officers formed a far-right cell that shared Hitler and swastika pictures in a WhatsApp group and threatened a lawyer with Turkish roots. https://www.thelocal.de/20181217/german-police-probed-for-forming-far-right-group-death-threats Mon, 17 Dec 2018 09:29:36 +0100 german-police-probed-for-forming-far-right-group-death-threats The weapon supplier for the National Socialist Underground (NSU), Ralf Wohlleben, was released from prison on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20180718/nsu-weapon-supplier-released-from-prison-wednesday Wed, 18 Jul 2018 14:17:24 +0200 nsu-weapon-supplier-released-from-prison-wednesday The only surviving member of a German neo-Nazi cell behind a shocking series of racist murders was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison, capping one of the longest and politically charged trials of the post-war period. https://www.thelocal.de/20180711/nsu-verdict-zschpe-found-guilty-of-ten-murders Wed, 11 Jul 2018 12:01:33 +0200 nsu-verdict-zschpe-found-guilty-of-ten-murders Germany's domestic spy agencies are extremely reluctant to reveal how much they knew about a neo-Nazi murder series that cost 10 people their lives. The Local talks to an expert who says that clarification and reform are long overdue. https://www.thelocal.de/20171026/the-german-spy-services-and-their-secretive-ties-to-the-neo-nazi-scene Thu, 26 Oct 2017 17:11:03 +0200 the-german-spy-services-and-their-secretive-ties-to-the-neo-nazi-scene For Beate Zschäpe, the woman at the heart of Germany's neo-Nazi murder trial which reaches a verdict on Wednesday, the dark path began in the far-right skinhead subculture that flared after the Berlin Wall fell. https://www.thelocal.de/20180710/beate-zschaepe-accomplice-to-murder-or-complicent-bystander Tue, 10 Jul 2018 11:57:28 +0200 beate-zschaepe-accomplice-to-murder-or-complicent-bystander Beate Zschaepe plead innocence over a racist killing spree in a final plea Tuesday before her verdict next week. https://www.thelocal.de/20180704/verdicts-next-week-in-german-neo-nazi-murder-trial Wed, 04 Jul 2018 11:15:38 +0200 verdicts-next-week-in-german-neo-nazi-murder-trial A defence lawyer for Beate Zschäpe, the only surviving member of a German neo-Nazi trio, Tuesday launched final arguments, signalling the end phase of a mammoth murder and terrorism trial. https://www.thelocal.de/20180425/mammoth-neo-nazi-terror-trial-enters-final-phase-in-munich Wed, 25 Apr 2018 10:44:19 +0200 mammoth-neo-nazi-terror-trial-enters-final-phase-in-munich Nearly 18 years after a bombing at a German commuter rail station targeting Jewish immigrants, the alleged neo-Nazi accused of the crime will go on trial on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20180125/neo-nazi-in-dock-for-bomb-attack-on-foreigners Thu, 25 Jan 2018 10:08:35 +0100 neo-nazi-in-dock-for-bomb-attack-on-foreigners German prosecutors on Tuesday sought a life sentence for the surviving female member of a neo-Nazi trio accused of a string of racist murders that targeted mainly Turkish immigrants. https://www.thelocal.de/20170912/german-prosecutors-demand-life-in-jail-for-suspected-neo-nazi-terrorist Tue, 12 Sep 2017 14:14:24 +0200 german-prosecutors-demand-life-in-jail-for-suspected-neo-nazi-terrorist German police admitted Wednesday they had falsely linked two high-profile crimes - an unsolved child murder and a neo-Nazi cell's killing spree - because investigators accidentally contaminated DNA evidence. https://www.thelocal.de/20170309/police-admit-cock-up-neo-nazi Thu, 09 Mar 2017 10:23:17 +0100 police-admit-cock-up-neo-nazi Two art projects aimed at remembering the terrorism of the neo-Nazi National Socialist Underground (NSU) were attacked this week, one incident involving an explosive device. https://www.thelocal.de/20161108/artist-projects-remembering-impact-of-terror-group-attacked Tue, 08 Nov 2016 16:54:17 +0100 artist-projects-remembering-impact-of-terror-group-attacked In a surprising twist linking two of Germany's most high-profile criminal investigations, the DNA of a deceased neo-Nazi terrorist was found near the remains of Peggy K., whose disappearance 15 years ago rocked the country. https://www.thelocal.de/20161014/neo-nazi-terrorists-dna-found-near-girl-who-went-missing-15-yrs-ago Fri, 14 Oct 2016 11:31:17 +0200 neo-nazi-terrorists-dna-found-near-girl-who-went-missing-15-yrs-ago Statements from a police officer in 2000 reveal that the NSU terrorist group may also have been active in Berlin, and appeared to be scouting out a major synagogue to attack. https://www.thelocal.de/20161007/did-a-lethal-neo-nazi-cell-plot-to-attack-against-berlin-synagogue Fri, 07 Oct 2016 17:19:41 +0200 did-a-lethal-neo-nazi-cell-plot-to-attack-against-berlin-synagogue Beate Zschäpe, the only living member of an underground neo-Nazi cell accused of murdering ten people, has spoken to the court in Munich after three years of silence. https://www.thelocal.de/20160929/after-3-year-trial-suspected-nazi-terrorist-speaks-out Thu, 29 Sep 2016 16:39:18 +0200 after-3-year-trial-suspected-nazi-terrorist-speaks-out