Overview
- Beate Zschäpe told the court she is ashamed and said she accepts her 2018 life sentence, but she offered no clear explanation for the NSU murders.
- She confirmed using Susann E.’s personal data and health card for medical visits, travel and a police interview, and described E.’s role in helping collect a motorhome later tied to the NSU’s final robbery.
- Zschäpe asserted that Susann E. did not know about the murders, while acknowledging E. learned of the trio’s bank robberies through others; prosecutors maintain E. knew of the killings by 2007.
- A hearing was briefly halted after victim Mehmet Kubaşık’s daughter confronted Zschäpe and urged her to “tell the truth” about who supported the NSU.
- The Dresden case, which opened in November, is scheduled for dozens of hearing days through mid‑2026 as the court examines alleged support networks and unresolved questions.