# NSU Terror Survived German Policing for Decades

> Germany's neo-Nazi terror group operated undetected for 15 years before being exposed.
- Title: NSU Terror Survived German Policing for Decades · Dw
- Summary: Germany's neo-Nazi terror group operated undetected for 15 years before being exposed. Germany's National Socialist Underground killed 10 people over 15…
- Keywords: nsu, germany, neo-nazi, police, murder, kassel, heilbronn, michèle kiesewetter, beate zschäpe, uwe bohnhardt, uwe mundlos, suspended sentence
- Source: Dw — https://dw.com/en/the-2011-discovery-of-neo-nazi-killers-aired-biases-in-german-policing/a-79857781?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf
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- Topics: nsu, germany, neo-nazi, police, murder, kassel, heilbronn, michèle kiesewetter, beate zschäpe, uwe bohnhardt, uwe mundlos, suspended sentence
## NSU's First Victims
Ten men of immigrant background were killed by the NSU between 2000 and 2006.
## NSU's Final Victim
Police officer Michèle Kiesewetter was killed in Heilbronn on April 25, 2007.
## NSU Exposure
Beate Zschäpe revealed the NSU's existence on November 4, 2011, after four and a half years.
## NSU Members
Uwe Böhnhardt and Uwe Mundlos died in a burned-out RV in Eisenach, Germany.
## NSU Confession
In a confession video, the NSU boasted they killed nine men on racist grounds.
## Unanswered Question
Why was police officer Kiesewetter killed remains unexplained after 15 years.
## Suspended Sentence
Susann Eminger received two years probation for supporting the NSU in Dresden, 2023.
## Family Reaction
Victims' families say the suspended sentence is a betrayal after 15 years of terror.
## NSU Documentation Center
A national memorial center for NSU victims is planned for Nuremberg by 2030.
## Chemnitz Center
A Chemnitz documentation center opened in 2025 to honor NSU victims.
## Cologne Memorial
A memorial for Keupstraße nail-bomb victims will open by 2030 after delays.
## Key takeaway

Germany's National Socialist Underground killed 10 people over 15 years before being revealed in 2011.