Seven years ago today, Walter Lübcke was shot. The former Kassel district president was on the evening of 1. June 2019 Murdered by the neo-Nazi Stephan Ernst on the terrace in front of his home.
Already 2015 The neo-Nazis Stephan Ernst and Markus Hartmann had their eyes on the CDU politician. Walter Lübcke defended the opening of accommodation for refugees at a citizens' meeting in Lohfelden and his statement triggered a right-wing media campaign against him.
The perpetrator, Stephan Ernst, was previously part of the Kassel neo-Nazi scene and had already been convicted of serious racist acts of violence as a teenager. After a supposed withdrawal he was since 2015 active for the AfD. Stephan Ernst was also charged with the racist attempted murder of Ahmad I. in Lohfelden in January 2016.
The murder of Walter Lübcke in 2019 With its connections to the NSU complex, it is part of a continuity of right-wing terror in Kassel.