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Dresden Opens Trial of Alleged NSU Accomplice Susann Eminger

Prosecutors frame the case around Beate Zschäpe’s testimony to probe the reach of the NSU support network.

Overview

  • Susann Eminger, 44, went before the Dresden Higher Regional Court on charges of supporting a domestic terrorist organization and aiding a particularly serious robber‑extortion.
  • Prosecutors allege she lent Beate Zschäpe her health insurance card several times, provided personal data for discounted rail cards, and drove Zschäpe and Uwe Böhnhardt to collect a motorhome later used in the 2011 Eisenach robbery.
  • Eminger declined to comment at the opening; the court set roughly 43–44 hearing days through June 2026 and summoned Zschäpe to testify on December 3–4 and again in late January.
  • The case proceeds after the Federal Court of Justice in April 2025 overturned a prior Dresden decision that had limited the indictment, finding sufficient suspicion of NSU support.
  • Prosecutors say parts of their case rely on Zschäpe’s earlier BKA statements, and the court moved on Friday to witness testimony starting with a federal investigator, as demonstrators outside called for fuller accountability.