Germany to Destroy Neo-Nazi Killers' Home in Zwickau

World | December 19, 2011, Monday // 18:51|  views

The home of a trio of neo-Nazis believed to have killed nine immigrants and a policewoman will be razed to the ground at public expense, civic authorities in the Eastern German city of Zwickau have announced.

The Zwickau city council want to cleanse all traces of the gang to thwart ghoulish tourists and neo-Nazis who have so far gathered at the site in a leafy affluent suburb where the trio rented the apartment using false names, German press agency DPA reported.

Beate Zschaepe, the sole survivor after two men in the gang killed themselves in an apparent suicide pact, is in custody on charges of starting an explosion and fire that gutted the 120-square-meter, first-storey apartment on November 4.

The trio - Zscaepe, Uwe Mundlos and Uwe Boehnhardt - are believed to have lived for three years in number 26, Fruehlingsstrasse, Zwickau, posing as law-abiding citizens and occasionally dining in a Greek-cuisine restaurant at street level in the building.

Between 2000 and 2006, the racist gang is believed to have roamed Germany, shooting dead eight Turkish and one Greek shopkeeper in attacks which baffled police. A policewoman was also killed, in 2007.

The private landlord of the apartment in Zwickau later had the roof and entire upper storey removed, preliminary to restoring the building. Zwickau protested that the block would still be recognizable due to extensive media coverage.

It entered a contract last week to purchase the site from the landlord and will demolish and remove the entire building in the new year, said city council spokesman Mathias Merz.

German neo-Nazis habitually make pilgrimage-style visits to homes or graves they associate with the rule of the Third Reich, DPA reminds.

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