NSU supporter Susann E. sentenced to two years' probation

Susann E. has been sentenced to a two-year suspended prison term for assisting the convicted right-wing extremist Beate Zschäpe. The Higher Regional Court of Dresden found her guilty of supporting a terrorist organization in three instances and of aiding in aggravated robbery with weapons once.

According to the federal prosecutor's office, E. repeatedly lent her identity to Beate Zschäpe, a co-perpetrator of the far-right group National Socialist Underground (NSU), while Zschäpe was living in hiding in Zwickau, Saxony. E. allegedly provided Zschäpe with her health insurance card for medical visits and assisted in renting a motorhome used by the NSU in their final robbery.

The court's sentence was less severe than the four-year prison term sought by the federal prosecutor, who had charged E. with supporting a terrorist organization and aiding in aggravated robbery. E.'s defense argued for acquittal, stating there was no evidence that she was aware of the NSU's crimes. The NSU cell was responsible for ten murders, two bombings, and over a dozen robberies. NSU members Uwe Böhnhardt and Uwe Mundlos died by suicide in November 2011 to avoid arrest after a robbery. Zschäpe is currently serving her sentence in a women's prison in Chemnitz.