Overview
- Ralf Wohlleben, released Wednesday morning after completing his sentence, remains under court-ordered supervision called Führungsaufsicht with conditions not disclosed.
- He was convicted in 2018 by Munich’s Higher Regional Court for aiding nine murders by supplying the pistol used by Uwe Böhnhardt and Uwe Mundlos.
- Germany’s Federal Court of Justice upheld the verdict in 2021, and in 2022 judges denied early release after a psychiatric review and public-safety concerns.
- During his imprisonment he received backing from far-right circles, and a Thuringian lawmaker warned he will likely be welcomed back into the neo-Nazi scene.
- With his release only Beate Zschäpe remains in prison in the NSU complex, and related helper cases continue, including the Dresden trial of Susann Eminger.