Neo-nazis attack concentration camp survivors during memorial service

Alert DateMay 9, 2009 Country: Austria Address: Ebensee General Type: Racist violence, Racist discourse Racism and discrimination phenomena: Extremism - organised Racist Violence, Anti-semitism
Groups affected / Interested in: Religious minorities Key socio-economic/institutional areas: Political discourse -parties - orgs
Victims Data
Victims Nationality/Ethnic Origin Austrian
Victims Gender Male
Victims Age <17, 18-25
Victims Number N/A
Fatalities - deaths N/A
Perpetrators Data
Perpetrators Nationality/Ethnic Origin N/A
Perpetrator Gender N/A
Perpetrator Age N/A
Perpetrators Number 5
Extremist/Organised Group Violence Yes

On May 9th, 2009 five adolescents (between 14 and 17 years) disturbed the commemoration festivities of the liberation of the former concentration camp Ebensee (Upper Austria). They shouted Nazi slogans and performed the Hitler salute; three of them shot with soft guns at the visitors, some of them being Holocaust survivors. In May 2010, the prosecution service (Wels) initiated indictments against four adolescents with regard to offences of the Prohibition Statute. The trial started on 24.10.2010. Three of the four young men were found guilty.

Source:

DiePresse.com, „Neonazi-Zwischenfall in Ebensee: Anklage erhoben“, 2010-05-28, available at: http://diepresse.com/home/panorama/oesterreich/569669/index.do?from=simarchiv (Date of access: 2011-09-29)

Derstandard.at, „Ebensee-Prozess. Opfer fürchten mildes Urteil“, 2010-09-22, available at: http://derstandard.at/1285042478690/Ebensee-Prozess-Opfer-fuerchten-zu-mildes-Urteil (Date of access: 2011-09-29)  

Derstandard.at, "Ebensee: Berufung gegen Urteile in Neonazi-Prozess", 2010-12-09, available at: http://derstandard.at/1291454691790/Ebensee-Berufung-gegen-Urteile-in-Neonazi-Prozess (Date of access: 2011-09-29).