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The Assassination of Walter Lübcke: Far-Right Terror in Germany
German politician Walter Lübcke was shot dead on his terrace in Wolfhagen-Istha on June 2, 2019. The murder, committed by neo-Nazi Stephan Ernst, marked Germany's first far-right political assassination since World War II.
The NSU Terror Cell: Germany's Decade-Long Neo-Nazi Murder Spree
Beate Zschäpe was the sole surviving member of the National Socialist Underground (NSU), a neo-Nazi terrorist cell responsible for murdering ten people across Germany between 2000 and 2007. Her trial became the longest and most significant far-right terrorism case in modern German history.
Paul Ogorzow: The S-Bahn Murderer of Nazi Berlin
Between 1940 and 1941, Paul Ogorzow terrorized wartime Berlin by attacking women on the city's S-Bahn railway system. The Nazi Party member killed at least eight women before his capture and execution.
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