Overview
- Students at the Liebigschule proposed offensive Abitur mottos in a class chat, including Nazi‑referencing lines such as "NSDABI – Verbrennt den Duden" and "Abi macht frei" and an Islamophobic suggestion "Abi Akbar – Explosiv durchs Abi".
- Police filed a complaint and the Staatsanwaltschaft Gießen investigated for months before discontinuing the Volksverhetzung proceedings against five pupils under court‑ordered conditions.
- The conditions require 30–60 hours of community service, a written, supervised assignment engaging with the crimes of the Nazi regime and the Islamic State, and registration of the measures in the youth/education register.
- The school excluded the identified pupils from the formal graduation ceremony, convened the year group, arranged workshops on language and social media risks, and involved Hessen anti‑hate and democracy promotion bodies while some parents complained to the State School Authority and the Verfassungsschutz was notified.
- Under German practice, prosecutors often resolve juvenile cases with educational measures rather than trials and this outcome is likely to keep focus on how schools, authorities and social media handle online extremism and youth accountability.