Commemoration of NSU victims - Özoğuz: important day for relatives

Visit to the documentation center in Chemnitz

Beforehand, Özoğuz wants to find out about the progress of the pilot documentation center on the NSU complex in Chemnitz. "The increasingly polarized mood in our society shows how important it is to come to terms with the murders, but also to look to the future," explained the Social Democrat. "To do this, we need more spaces for open, democratic debate, such as those created here in Chemnitz." The pilot project is intended to provide impetus for the central documentation center in Germany.

Chemnitz and Zwickau were once retreats of the so-called National Socialist Underground (NSU). The core trio, who originally came from Jena, lived here undisturbed for years, had numerous supporters and organized their series of murders of at least ten people. The victims were eight small business owners of Turkish origin, one of Greek origin and a policewoman: Enver Şimşek, Abdurrahim Özüdoğru, Süleyman Taşköprü, Habil Kılıç, Mehmet Turgut, İsmail Yaşar, Theodoros Boulgarides, Mehmet Kubaşık, Halit Yozgat and Michèle Kiesewetter. The right-wing terrorists are also responsible for a number of robberies and several bomb attacks.