The NSU core trio lived unmolested in Zwickau for many years, and now the city wants to take a closer look at the group's right-wing terror in a special exhibition. "Zwickau and the NSU" is the title of the exhibition, which was created by academics from the universities of Leipzig and Chemnitz and opens on Sunday.
According to the city, the 35 panels will cover everything from the crimes and victims to the constitutional reappraisal of the NSU complex and the memorial work in Zwickau. For example, it covers the network of right-wing terrorists, their places of retreat, the Munich NSU trial and Zwickau's perception in the media.
The core trio of the "National Socialist Underground" (NSU) originally came from Jena, but initially went into hiding in Chemnitz at the end of the 1990s and later lived in Zwickau for many years. It was from here that it organized its 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. There were also bomb attacks and robberies.
The exhibition in Zwickau was created by researchers Piotr Kocyba and Ulf Bohmann. It can be seen in the Priesterhäuser until November 4 - the day in 2011 when the NSU unmasked itself after a failed bank robbery in Eisenach. Admission is free.
In Zwickau, there has also been a memorial to the NSU murder victims since 2019. A tree was planted there for each victim.
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