Overview

• The Staatsanwaltschaft Dresden closed the hate speech investigation into the 60-year-old Sebnitz roofing contractor after finding the ad did not meet criminal thresholds and was protected by free-speech rights.
• The job advertisement used antisemitic and racist slurs to exclude applicants, explicitly barring “Hakennasen, Bimbos or Zeppelträger” from consideration.
• Sebnitz city officials condemned the bulletin notice and roughly 80 residents demonstrated against racism and for peace in response to the discriminatory language.
• Handwerkskammer Dresden has conducted a formal hearing and on-site inspection as part of its assessment of the firm’s suitability to train apprentices.
• Die Linke lawmakers in the Saxon state parliament branded the prosecutorial decision as “more than disconcerting” and urged the General State Prosecutor’s Office to reassess the ruling.