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1993 Solingen arson attack

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533: 59: 316:, Germany. Three girls and two women died; fourteen other family members, including several children, were injured, some of them severely. The attack led to violent protests by Turkish diaspora members in several German cities and to large demonstrations of other Germans (of non-Turkish descent) expressing solidarity with the Turkish victims. In October 1995, the perpetrators were convicted of arson and murder and given prison sentences between 10 and 15 years. The convictions were upheld on appeal. 92: 42: 544: 1194: 99: 66: 436:
Fire fighters arrived after five minutes, but it was too late. Gürsün İnce, 27 years old, jumped out of a window and died. Her four-year-old daughter, whom she had held in her arms, survived. The girls Hatice Genç (18 years old), Gülistan Öztürk (12 years old), Hülya Genç (9 years old) and Saime Genç
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Gartmann had confessed to police and he later confessed again before a magistrate with his lawyer present. He also apologized to the victims. According to the confession, Gartmann, Kohnen and Buchholz had clashed with foreigners at a party that night, met up with Reher and then, while drunk, decided
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because she went on to advocate understanding and friendship between Turks and Germans after the attack. In 2008 Germany instituted the Genç prize in her name to honor people who work for understanding and integration. One of the recipients was Kamil Kaplan, a Turk who in February 2008 had lost his
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to "frighten" some Turks. Towards the end of the trial, Gartmann withdrew his confession, claiming that it had been issued under duress and that he had been threatened with having to share a cell with Turks. Interviewed in prison four months after the verdict, he explained that he had given a
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in which a total of nine people had died; right-wing arson had initially been suspected, but the case was later found to have been an accident. Kaplan, like Mevlüde Genç, had called for peaceful cooperation between Turks and Germans. In 2012, Mevlüde Genc was nominated by the
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at 1:38 am on 29 May 1993. The fire had been set with gasoline. Mevlüde Genç, 50 years old at the time and the oldest member of the family, was able to climb out of a window and alert neighbors. She lost two daughters, two granddaughters and a niece that night.
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In October 1995, the four defendants were found guilty of murder, attempted murder and arson. The three defendants charged as minors received the maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and Gartmann was sentenced to 15 years in prison. The
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Felix Köhnen, a 16-year-old student at the time of the crime. His father was a doctor active in the peace movement and his mother an architect active in environmentalist causes. There were reports that Felix fell into
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Christian Reher, a 16-year-old student who grew up in children's homes. He lived close to the arson house and was the first to be arrested. He had previously distributed leaflets expressing his hatred of
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scene of Solingen and exercised together in a martial arts school. This school was later revealed to be run by an informant of the North Rhine-Westphalia domestic intelligence agency (the
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Two of the perpetrators were released early because of good behavior. In September 2005, another perpetrator, Christian Reher, was sent to four months in prison for having used the
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No hard evidence was found linking the defendants to the crime, in part because the police had treated the crime scene in a sloppy manner. Witnesses could not clarify the events.
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The Solingen attack, with five people killed, was the most severe case of anti-foreigner violence in Germany at that time. One week later, an arson attack on a house in
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As of 2008, the surviving victims still live in Solingen, in a house built with donations and insurance money, protected by cameras and special fire windows.
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Reher also confessed, but changed his story repeatedly, in the end claiming that he had acted alone. Kohnen and Buchholz denied any involvement.
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preceded the Solingen attack. In December 1988, a German extreme-right militant, Josef Seller, set fire to the "Habermeier Haus" building in
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Christian Buchholz, 19 years old, working odd jobs. He was the son of a middle-class workman. His diary contained anti-foreigner writings.
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in 1996 in which 10 people died was never solved. As of 2008 a total of 135 foreigners have died in Germany as a result of similar
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confirmed the convictions on appeal in 1997. The Turkish family sued for civil damages and won. They received about 270,000
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Markus Gartmann, 23 years old, welfare recipient. As a youth, he was reportedly a loner. He was a member of the nationalist
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was criticized for not visiting Solingen nor attending the memorial or burial services; he had denounced what he called "
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in August 1992, several thousand people surrounded a high-rise building and watched approvingly while militants threw
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because police had convinced him that that was the only way to avoid a sentence of life in prison.
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A memorial to commemorate the event was unveiled one year after the attack, in front of the
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the Hülyaplatz commemorates the events with a statue of a man hammering at a swastika.
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circles because he felt unable to cope with the academic expectations of his parents.
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The memorial services were attended by several high-ranking German officials, with
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According to the police report, fire broke out at the entrance of the house
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forced the evacuation of an asylum seeker's hostel. During the three-day
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In 1996 the German government presented Mevlüde Genç with the
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Demonstration of Germans and Turks in front of the arson house
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Hürriyet Avrupa newspaper, Tuesday, December 11, 2012, p. 12.
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wife, two daughters and his mother in a fire catastrophe in
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In December 1992, large demonstrations protesting against
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were the main forces calling for limiting their numbers.
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and a monthly pension for one severely burned victim.
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had resolved to change the German constitution (the
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Solingen arson attack of 1993

Solingen is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Solingen is located in Germany
Solingen
North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
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51°11′2.5″N 7°5′23.7″E / 51.184028°N 7.089917°E / 51.184028; 7.089917
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Right-wing extremism
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far right skinhead
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North Rhine-Westphalia
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