Overview
- The Kassel commemoration, held Monday, drew more than 500 people including former president Christian Wulff, who renewed an apology to victims’ families and urged firm pushback against racism by the neo-Nazi NSU group.
- Relatives pressed for full access to investigation files, saying key records remain sealed and their lawyers still cannot review the complete case material.
- Unanswered oversight issues again took center stage, including intelligence officer Andreas Temme’s proven presence in the café during the killing and a 2006 gag order by then interior minister Volker Bouffier that blocked police from questioning Temme’s informants.
- In Dortmund two days earlier, North Rhine-Westphalia premier Hendrik Wüst apologized to the Kubaşık family for early probes that treated victims as suspects instead of protecting them.
- The Yozgat family renewed the call to rename Holländische Straße to Halitstraße, and the city said it plans no change, pointing to its 2012 decision to honor him with Halitplatz and a tram stop.