An inhuman job advertisement in the official gazette of the Saxon town of Sebnitz near Dresden remains without criminal consequences. The investigation proceedings on suspicion of incitement of the people against a 60-year-old German will be discontinued, the Dresden public prosecutor's office announced.
The Sebnitz master roofer had offered the prospect of an apprenticeship in the advertisement in April, but excluded certain people as applicants. These were described using anti-Semitic, racist and discriminatory terms. As a result, the public prosecutor's office received a large number of complaints.
Ad tasteless - but covered by freedom of expression
The content of the ad was in part considered tasteless and morally offensive, but irrelevant under criminal law, the investigating authorities explained their decision. The statements were considered to be covered by the constitutionally protected freedom of expression.
The case had caused outrage. The city administration had distanced itself from the "advertisement with contemptuous and xenophobic content". "We only found out about it when we had the printed version in our hands," the mayor Ronald Kretzschmar (non-party) told the German Press Agency.
A few days later, around 80 people demonstrated against racism and for peace in Sebnitz. The Dresden Chamber of Crafts had distanced itself from the behavior and announced that it would hear the company regarding its suitability as a training company.
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