Bernhard Häussler

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Bernhard Häußler (* 1950 ) is a German senior public prosecutor and was head of Department 1 for politically motivated offenses at the Stuttgart public prosecutor's office from 2002 to 2013 .

Life

Bernhard Häußler became known to a wider public through various processes. He was a public prosecutor in Stuttgart for over thirty years. Particularly in the course of the legal disputes over the Stuttgart 21 protest , he was referred to as a "stimulus figure" (Stuttgarter Zeitung). In September 2013, he asked for early retirement for personal reasons.

Services

In 2005, Häußler represented the public prosecutor's office in a lawsuit against the mailing company “Nix Gut” , which sells anti-Nazi articles on which crossed swastikas can be seen. The accused was accused of using symbols of unconstitutional organizations under Section 86 of the Criminal Code. After a conviction before the Stuttgart Regional Court, the defendant was acquitted in 2007 at the Federal Court of Justice at the request of the Federal Prosecutor's Office. Häussler responded to the criticism of having initiated the procedure that according to the case law at the time, showing the swastika was forbidden regardless of the motive. The public prosecutor's office also wanted to obtain a decision by the upper court, "since the case law is currently not being assessed uniformly". The process has been criticized by various federal politicians.

In the context of the FlowTex proceedings, Häußler's department was also responsible for investigating the Minister of Economic Affairs Walter Döring and Minister of Justice Corinna Werwigk-Hertneck , both of whom were sentenced to suspended sentences.

In 2002 his department was assigned the investigation into an SS massacre in Sant'Anna di Stazzema , Italy . In 2005, ten former SS members were convicted by an Italian military court. After ten years, the Stuttgart public prosecutor's office closed the case in October 2012 because the “necessary individual proof of guilt” could not be provided. As a result of a survivor's enforcement proceedings before the Karlsruhe Higher Regional Court, the proceedings were resumed in 2014 with regard to an accused and referred to the Hamburg public prosecutor. There the proceedings were terminated again in May 2015 and this time finally.

Bernhard Häußler became known as a person to a wider public because of his role in the protests against Stuttgart 21 . In order to be able to carry out criminal measures during the police operation on September 30, 2010 in the Stuttgart castle garden , he was present as the responsible public prosecutor during the massive police operation, in which several hundred people were injured. The subsequent investigations against demonstrators and police officers were initially directed by him. At the water cannon trial against two police officers, Häussler had to testify as a witness. In the course of the process it became clear that he must have noticed the decisions of Police President Stumpf and the resulting injuries from water cannons , irritant gas and the use of baton , as he said he did not leave his side, even if he claims to be in matters of police tactics to have listened away.

Thereupon the public prosecutor was reported by a co-plaintiff because he “could have made himself punishable for negligent bodily harm in office by failure to do so”. Both the Heidelberg Public Prosecutor's Office and the Karlsruhe Public Prosecutor's Office ruled that there was insufficient evidence.

Previously, critics accused the Stuttgart public prosecutor's office and Häussler of criminalizing the protest and taking less harsh action against police officers. S21 opponents criticized him personally, e.g. B. was chanted on anti-S21 demonstrations "Häussler away!"

As head of the department for politically motivated crimes, Häussler was in the public eye in these controversial proceedings. The Stuttgarter Zeitung therefore called him a "stimulating figure". However, he was protected by both Justice Minister Rainer Stickelberger and the head of the Stuttgart Public Prosecutor Siegfried Mahler. "He is a particularly experienced investigator who has been tried and tested in difficult work areas." Attorney General Klaus Pflieger said that Häussler did not make any decisions alone because the 16-eyes principle prevailed.

Personal

In an interview, Bernhard Häußler described the criticism of him as a campaign and "public bullying " that affects the "independence of the judiciary". The hostility hurt him personally, as his family was also affected. He would have liked to speak to his critics, but nobody was interested.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Andreas Müller: Häußler is retiring early. Stuttgarter Zeitung Online, July 7, 2013, accessed March 30, 2015 .
  2. ↑ a b c Andreas Müller: A senior public prosecutor becomes a stimulus. Stuttgarter Zeitung Online, January 25, 2013, accessed March 30, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Antonia Götsch: Grotesk process: In court because of an anti-Nazi symbol. Spiegel Online, March 23, 2006, accessed March 30, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Roland Maier-Leliveldt: Trials: How the sale of anti-Nazi symbols becomes a criminal offense. Spiegel Online, September 29, 2006, accessed March 30, 2015 .
  5. ↑ a b Michael Isenberg: "Spit at my feet without a word". Stuttgarter Nachrichten Online, December 31, 2013, accessed March 30, 2015 .
  6. ↑ Andreas Müller: Nazi massacre of Sant Anna: Justice must continue to investigate. Stuttgarter Zeitung Online, August 5, 2014, accessed March 30, 2015 .
  7. ↑ Nana Frombach: Public Prosecutor closes investigations against alleged Nazi war criminals. May 28, 2015, accessed August 19, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Jürgen Bartle, Dieter Reicherter: "Reporting makes you free!" Context: weekly newspaper, November 12, 2014, accessed March 30, 2015 .
  9. ↑ Lena Müssig man: S21-water cannons process in Stuttgart. Spray had to have an effect. taz.de, November 6, 2014, accessed March 30, 2015 .
  10. ↑ Andreas Müller: Attorney General rejects complaint: No investigations against ex-Chief Public Prosecutor Häussler. Stuttgarter Zeitung Online, February 5, 2015, accessed on March 30, 2015 .
  11. ↑ Jürgen Bartle: The sledge hammer. Context: weekly newspaper, October 31, 2012, accessed March 30, 2015 .
  12. ↑ Reaction to Internet campaign: backing for the public prosecutor. Stuttgarter Zeitung Online, September 7, 2012, accessed March 30, 2015 .
  13. ^ Attorney General takes Häussler for protection. Die Welt Online, February 7, 2013, accessed March 30, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Häussler, Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chief public prosecutor
DATE OF BIRTH 1950