Old School Society

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The Oldschool Society (also OSS ) was a neo-Nazi terror organization in Germany that was dismantled on May 6, 2015 . The OSS was discovered a few days after the unauthorized purchase of pyrotechnics ( explosives ) in the Czech Republic . The group is said to have planned attacks on known Salafists , mosques , churches , kindergartens , asylum seekers' homes and homes for the disabled .

According to information from the North Rhine-Westphalian Office for the Protection of the Constitution , the members of the OSS have contacts with the right-wing extremist NPD .

Classification of danger

The Federal Minister of the Interior, Thomas de Maizière, rated the Oldschool Society as extremely dangerous . Several media wrote about the Oldschool Society as the stupidest terrorist group in Germany . They referred to the fact that the group is said to have left numerous traces of internal agreements in a closed chat group and also communicated openly via Facebook. On May 6, 2015, members of the group were arrested in Augsburg , Otzing , Mühldorf am Inn , Bochum and Leipzig .

Foiled crimes

According to the police, an attack on a home for asylum seekers in Borna, Saxony, was “just about” prevented. For May 8, 2015, several OSS members had arranged to meet in an allotment garden near Borna in Saxony to do a "few actions". The meeting point was near the refugee accommodation. The constitution protection authorities were informed about the attack plans at an early stage.

On December 29, 2016, an 18-year-old was arrested in Lauterecken (Rhineland-Palatinate) for hoarding 155 kilograms of explosives. In January, a self-made explosive device with a swastika and SS runes was found in the parents' house. The police had temporarily guarded the house with the explosives around the clock, evacuated the city center and transported the material over two days. According to investigators, the man is said to have received an order from a member of the OSS to produce 250 kilograms of explosives for an attack in Germany. In addition to the man from Lauterecken, his 24-year-old accomplice from North Rhine-Westphalia was arrested.

Sentencing of members 2017

The Federal Prosecutor's Office in Karlsruhe lifted on 13 January 2016 the State Security Division of the Higher Regional Court of Munich charged three men, aged 40 to 57 years and a 23-year-old woman because of the formation of a terrorist organization in January 2015 and for preparations of bomb attacks. The three men and one woman had previously been arrested by the police in Augsburg, Bochum and the Leipzig district. The trial began on April 27, 2016 at the Munich Higher Regional Court. With the judgment of the Munich Higher Regional Court of March 15, 2017, the court found it proven that the defendants had formed a terrorist group . As ringleaders of the group, Markus W. (five years in prison) and Andreas H. (four and a half years in prison) were convicted. Denise G. received a prison sentence of three years and ten months, Olaf O. three years. The defense had previously pleaded for acquittal for all defendants, arguing, among other things, that the defendants were incapable of planning and coordinating attacks and other actions in a targeted manner.

Further proceedings in 2018

In November 2018, the Dresden Public Prosecutor's Office brought charges against another alleged member of the group, a 38-year-old German. Proceedings are pending at the Dresden Higher Regional Court against two other alleged members .

Web links

Individual evidence

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  3. ^ Arndt Ginzel, Christian Rohde: "Old School Society" discussed attacks on kindergartens, homes for the disabled and churches. In: zdf.de. November 8, 2016, accessed April 11, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Florian Flade, Kristian Frigelj: How the right-wing terrorist cell OSS was dug up . In: Die Welt from May 6, 2015
  5. ↑ Solveig Giesecke, Christian Wiermer: This is where the Nazis planned the attack . In: Berliner Kurier of May 8, 2015.
  6. ^ "Oldschool Society" raid: "Vize" arrested in Mühldorf
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  8. ^ Oldschool Society: Four suspects in custody. In: rp-online.de. May 7, 2015, accessed April 11, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Right- wing terrorists are apparently planning nail bomb attacks. In: spiegel.de. May 9, 2015, accessed April 11, 2017 .
  10. ↑ Jörg Diehl: Police against enemies of refugees: The overwhelmed protectors . Spiegel online from July 28, 2015.
  11. ↑ After explosives were found in Lauterecken: Were there connections to right-wing terrorist groups? In: swr.de. January 14, 2017. Retrieved April 11, 2017 .
  12. ↑ Explosives in the Palatinate: Police are checking connections with right-wing extremists. In: SPIEGEL ONLINE. January 14, 2017. Retrieved January 16, 2017 .
  13. ↑ Is the "Old School Society" the stupidest terrorist group in Germany? In: Deutsche Welle . January 13, 2016, accessed January 13, 2016 .
  14. ^ Holger Schmidt: Suspected right-wing terrorists in court . tagesschau.de, April 27, 2016, accessed October 14, 2016.
  15. ↑ AFP: Several years in prison for members of the right-wing extremist Oldschool Society ( memento from March 16, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), web.de, March 15, 2017.
  16. ↑ "Oldschool Society" members sentenced to several years in prison. In: spiegel.de. March 15, 2017. Retrieved March 15, 2017 .
  17. ^ Charges against alleged members of the "Oldschool Society". MDR Saxony, November 13, 2018