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2014

Time cannot heal our wounds. What the NSU terror means for the victims and their families.

In this anthology, the relatives of the NSU victims report on grief, despair, stigmatization and alienation. Published by Barbara John (ed.), Verlag Herder, 2014.
2020

The right edge

The anti-fascist magazine has been reporting on developments in the right-wing scene, its strategies and its social roots with in-depth and concise research since 1989. Issue #184 from spring 2020…
2021

So that we can breathe. Migrant voices on racism, racist violence and resistance.

Anthology with contributions from Esther Bejarano and Kutlu Yurtseven, Eko Fresh, Fatih Çevikkollu, Karima Benbrahim, Reyhan Şahin and many more. Edited by Kemal Bozay, Serpil Güner, Orhan…
2019

Rupture lines. Three episodes on the NSU.

The comic reconstructs three episodes that fell by the wayside during the five-year court case and reveals fault lines that run through Germany. By Anne König and Nino Paula Bulling, Spector…
2021

Right against right – Report 2020

Right-wing extremism is growing stronger in Germany. The law is one of the many factors that encourage it. The report shows the most important cases from the past year – and what successful…
2013

Report of the joint Working Group 1 of AK II and AK IV on the implementation of the recommendations…

Federal-Länder Commission on Right-Wing Terrorism Publisher: Working Groups II and IV of the IMK Publication date: 05.11.2013 Download PDF
2019

Report of the Committee of Inquiry 6/1 – Right-wing terrorism and the actions of the…

Publisher: Thuringian State Parliament Publication date: 29.08.2019 Download PDF
2019

Report of the Committee of Inquiry 5/1 – Right-wing terrorism and the actions of the…

Publisher: Thuringian State Parliament New version – August 29, 2019 Download PDF
2018

Report of the Committee of Inquiry 19/2 (NSU murders)

Publisher:Hessian State Parliament Publication date: 17.07.2018 Download PDF Download PDF (Turkish translation of the report) Download PDF (Turkish translation of abw. reports)
2016 / 2019

Report and recommendation of the committee of inquiry

“The investigation of the contacts and activities of the National Socialist Underground (NSU) in Baden-Württemberg and the circumstances of the murder of police officer M.K.” Publisher:State…
2019

Report & recommendation of the Committee of Inquiry (BW II)

Right-wing terrorism and the NSU The support environment of the National Socialist Underground (NSU) in Baden-Württemberg and continuation of the investigation into the terrorist attack on police…
2013, 2017, 2019

Recommended resolution and report of the committee of inquiry

Organized right-wing extremist violence and the actions of the authorities, especially with regard to the National Socialist Underground (NSU) Publisher:BrandenburgState Parliament Publication…
2017

Recommended resolution and report of the 3rd Committee of Inquiry Art. 44 GG

Publisher:GermanBundestag Publication date: 23.06.2017 Download PDF
2013

Recommended resolution and report of the 2nd Committee of Inquiry Art. 44 GG

Publisher:GermanBundestag Publication date: 22.08.2013 Download PDF
2019

Racism, radicalization, right-wing terrorism. How the NSU came about and what it reveals about…

The empirical study on the emergence of the NSU analyses social, group dynamic and individual influences on the radicalization and justification of right-wing extremist terror. By Matthias Quent,…
2013

Painful homeland. Germany and the murder of my father.

“For eleven years, we weren’t even allowed to be victims with a clear conscience,” writes Semiya Şimşek about the murder of her father and the impact of the investigation. Published by Rowohlt…
2015-2018

Online documentation: Reports on the 2nd NSU Committee of Inquiry in Saxony

NSU Watch Saxony documented the public meetings of the parliamentary investigative committee “Neo-Nazi terror networks in Saxony” in the Saxon state parliament. Open website
2021

On the right path? Racists and neo-Nazis in the German police force.

Are cases of racism and right-wing extremism really just exceptions? A critical appraisal of the fragile state of the democratic constitutional state and its guardians. By Aiko Kempen, Europa…
2018

No final word. Nazi terror, security authorities, supporter network. Pleadings in the NSU trial.

The anthology explores the probing questions of those affected and shows where further clarification is needed. Edited by Antonia von der Behrens, VSA-Verlag, 2018.
2020

My name is Ausländer. Benim Adım Yabancı.

A collection of poems by and in memory of Semra Ertan, born 1957 in Mersin (Turkey), died 1982 in Hamburg. Published by Cana and Zühal Bilir-Meier, edition assemblage, 2020.
2015

Method reader project DIMENSIONS.

The NSU and its effects on the migration society. A method reader for multipliers in youth and educational work. IDA aims to sensitize society as a whole to (post-)migrant perspectives on the…
2013

Interim report of AK II and AK IV on the recommendations of the 2nd Committee of Inquiry

17th legislative period of the German Bundestag (“Parliamentary Investigation Committee NSU”, PUA) Publisher:Working GroupsII and IV of the IMK Publication date: 27.11.2013
2014

Homeland security. The state and the NSU murder series.

A comprehensive, detailed and very well-researched account of the NSU and the role of the state. To this day the standard work on the NSU. By Stefan Aust and Dirk Laabs, Pantheon Verlag, 2014.
2013

Final report of the Parliamentary Investigation Committee III (NSU)

Publisher:State Parliamentof North Rhine-Westphalia Publication date: 31.03.2017 Download PDF
2013

Final report of the investigative committee on right-wing terrorism in Bavaria.

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2013

Final report of the committee of inquiry into right-wing terrorism in Bavaria

Bavarian State Parliament Final report of the committee of inquiry to investigate possible misconduct by Bavarian security and judicial authorities including the responsible ministries, the State…
2014 /

Final Report & Dissenting Reports 3rd Committee of Inquiry (Volumes I & II)

Neo-Nazi terrorist networks in Saxony (Volumes I & II) Publisher:SaxonState Parliament Publication date: June19, 2014 Download PDF (Volume I) Download PDF (Volume II)
2019

Final report & dissenting report on the 1st Committee of Inquiry (Volumes I-IV)

Neo-Nazi terrorist networks in Saxony Publisher: Saxon State Parliament Publication date: June21, 2019 Download PDF (Volume I) Download PDF (Volume II) PDF Download (Volume III) …
2025

Evaluation of the findings of the committees of inquiry into the NSU complex

Research project and project objectives 2022 marks the eleventh anniversary of the self-uncovering of the so-called “National Socialist Underground” (NSU). The criminal investigation into the…
2023

Conceptualization of a place of remembrance for those affected by the NSU complex in Chemnitz

This concept formulates the demand for a memorial and place of remembrance in Chemnitz following the diverse demands and struggles for the remembrance and commemoration of the victims and victims of…
2020

Clearing up and interfering. The NSU complex and the Munich trial.

Based on the NSU trial in Munich, the book tells the story of the NSU and criticizes the role of the state and society. A compact but by no means superficial introduction by NSU-Watch, Verbrecher…
2017

Brochure: We accuse!

The indictment was prepared as part of the “Unraveling the NSU Complex” tribunal held in Cologne-Mülheim from May 17 to 21, 2017. Publisher: Tribunal “Dissolving the NSU Complex” Download…
2018

Brochure: “Swept under the carpet”

The brochure “Unter den Teppich gekehrt” (Swept under the carpet) sheds light on the NSU’s support network in Saxony. Publisher: Kulturbüro Sachsen Download PDF
2016

Brochure Undiscovered Neighbors

The evaluation and documentation of the theater meeting “Undiscovered Neighbors”, which took place in Chemnitz from November 1 to 11, 2016.
2018 (Issue 4)

Brochure Saxony bottom right

The fourth edition of the publication “Sachsen rechts unten” describes the long lines of development and continuities that have shaped the history of the organized neo-Nazi scene and the extreme…
2019

At home in Saxony as a citizen of the world.

A biographical essay by Hussein Jinah, who came to the GDR as a student in 1985, has stayed to this day despite all the hostility and fights against racism. An East German, migrant view of Saxony…

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