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Skip next section Prosecutors seek four years for alleged NSU supporter 07/17/2026 July 17, 2026 Prosecutors seek four years for alleged NSU supporter E. allegedly gave Zschäpe her health insurance card for medical appointments and helped rent a motorhome (FILE: 06.11.2025) Image: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa/picture alliance Federal prosecutors have called for a four-year prison sentence for an alleged supporter of Germany's far-right Socialist Underground terrorist group. Prosecutors asked the Higher Regional Court in Dresden on Friday to convict the 45-year-old defendant, Susann E., of supporting a terrorist organization and aiding and abetting aggravated extortion, a court spokesperson said.
According to the prosecution, E. repeatedly allowed convicted NSU member Beate Zschäpe to use her identity while Zschäpe was living underground in Zwickau, in the eastern state of Saxony. She allegedly gave Zschäpe her health insurance card for medical appointments and helped rent a motorhome used by the NSU during its final robbery. The defendant is married to André E., who was convicted of supporting the NSU during the main trial in Munich.
The court is expected to announce its verdict on Friday morning. The NSU committed 10 murders, two bomb attacks and more than a dozen robberies between 1998 and 2011. Members Uwe Böhnhardt and Uwe Mundlos killed themselves in November 2011 as police closed in on them following a bank robbery in Eisenach. Zschäpe subsequently sent out letters claiming responsibility for the group's crimes, exposing the existence of the NSU.
A Munich court sentenced her to life imprisonment in 2018 and found that her guilt was of particular severity, making an early release less likely.
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