Thiazi.net

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thiazi.net
originally: "Germanische Weltnetzgemeinschaft", since 2012 "Information and advice on right-wing extremism"
originally: neo-Nazi web forum, since 2012 list of links on right-wing extremism
languages German
operator since 2012: Against Forgetting - For Democracy e. V.
editorial staff before 2012: Klaus Werner Ruthenberg; since 2012: Michael Parak
Registration No
Annual income unknown
On-line 2007 (currently was offline since June 2012; online again with new content)
www.thiazi.net

Thiazi.net was a German - speaking right - wing extremist Internet forum, which was founded in 2007 and previously represented the German-speaking part of the Skadi.net forum. It was named after the giant Thiazi , who came from Germanic mythology . The predecessor was the website WPMP3 , which later merged with the Sturmseite to form the National Forum , before being incorporated into the Skadi.net forum in 2004. Thiazi.net had over a million forum posts from more than 20,000 members and ran on a server in the United States . It was considered the largest German neo-Nazi platform and described itself as the "largest Germanic world network community". After several arrests, the website was no longer accessible in mid-June 2012. The domain was taken over by the non-profit association Gegen Vergessen - Für Demokratie . This association uses the domain to disseminate information on the subject of right-wing extremism .

Content and structure

The Thiazi.net forum was a forum divided into several areas. The largest area was the so-called "public area", which could be viewed without registration. The range of discussions there ranged from unimportant everyday topics such as daily politics, cooking recipes, film reviews and everyday tips to topics with articles relevant to criminal law such as the Holocaust (topic: Holocaust, Fraud of the 20th Century? ), Which the majority of the registered users denied has been. Their claims were approved with corresponding historical revisionist information. The same applies to the depiction of the outbreak of the Second World War (subject title: Did Hitler want war? ) And other postings that put the historical role of the Third Reich in a relativising light. Theses that are generally considered conspiracy theories or topics with approaches that do not stand up to recognized scientific standards were also to be found in large numbers . There were also discussions about the direction of Germany after the assumed "takeover" or debriefings about national actions and marches.

Another criminally relevant area was the so-called “dealer area”, which was used to a large extent to sell indexed music, which mainly consisted of RAC and other music from the right-wing extremist spectrum. The often inflammatory texts were also published again separately. Such music was also found in a download area, where users continuously added indexed albums and thus made them available for free download. Also available were writings and videos by historical revisionists, propaganda writings from the Third Reich on topics such as the German people, the Jews , " racial studies " and much more. Every registered member had access to this area; at least a donation of five euros had to be made to use it.

Another area that could only be viewed by registered members was the so-called "NSPF" ( National Socialist Private Forum ). This served to offer those who saw themselves as National Socialists a discussion platform that could not be used by members of the Thiazi Forum who belonged to a different political point of view. The topics partly overlapped with those from the public sector, but usually dealt with the culture of life and political thinking and action that were understood as National Socialist.

Neither visitors nor registered members were able to see some of the sub-forums that had been set up by members and that could only be accessed with a direct invitation and activation. These sub-forums were organized according to specific topic complexes which were of particular interest to the invited members.

The Thiazi Forum was financed through banner advertising by nationally-minded mail-order companies and voluntary donations from members, who thereby received special rights (access to the less frequented Asgard area, the download area or the amusement arcade) and extras such as an enlarged mailbox. Due to the legal situation in Germany, a bank account in England was used, which also led to a house search in England during the wave of searches in 2012.

Publicity

The Thiazi Forum has been the subject of criminal investigations since 2009. Even anti-fascist organizations and people watched the forum and presented partially criminally relevant content determined. In order to enable criminal prosecution, the main focus was on the moderators and department supervisors , which led to a wave of outings of many of the corresponding people. In the course of this, one of the outgoing moderators was publicly indignant in the Thiazi forum about the methods and his statements after false suspicions of the Antifa and tried to prove this by publishing his e-mail address, which was different from the address given in relation to it was specified by the Antifa. However, the Antifa managed to hack his moderator account at Thiazi.net using the email address he provided. This gave her access to the forum's internal moderator area. The result was several publications of discussions there by the moderators about processes and users of the forum on left-wing political websites such as indymedia . The "NSPF" was also published, although it has always been freely accessible to every registered member. In addition, there were also contributions that were made invisible to the public and allowed conclusions to be drawn about the identity of a member who, according to the presumptions , showed himself to be a member of the NPD . The Chemnitz public prosecutor then launched an investigation into an NPD local politician for denying the Holocaust.

Due to its activities, the forum moved more and more into the focus of the public and the press. The Frankfurter Rundschau wrote that there “on hundreds of pages right-wing users” exchanged “whether they 'believe' in the Holocaust and how it could be publicly refuted 'without criminalizing themselves”. The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported that right-wing extremists openly discussed the purchase of weapons and "sub-races", denied the Holocaust and threatened ex-members. Spiegel Online described the side of the right-wing extremist scene as "a powerful propaganda and networking instrument" which, in addition to exchanging right-wing extremist ideas, also served as information and mobilization. Many neo-Nazis had agreed to “march here” or “found their way into the organized scene”.

Investigations

In 2004 and 2006, the international forum platform Skadi.net , from which the German-speaking area emerged, was mentioned in the report on the protection of the constitution . The Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons put Thiazi.net on 27 September 2007, among other things because of "glorification of Nazism " and "relativization of war crimes" on the list D of youth-endangering media.

According to the Federal Criminal Police Office , the website has been in the sights of investigators since 2009. On June 14, 2012, 24 apartments and business premises in eleven states and the UK were searched. The focus was on Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Baden-Württemberg , as the two alleged main responsible persons of the forum - an educator and a housewife - live there. The 26 defendants is accused of more than 2,400 song lyrics and more than 1,400 sound recordings that in many ways the offense of sedition to have offered to meet, for download. There were arrest warrants against four accused . According to a spokesman for the Rostock public prosecutor's office, which is investigating the suspicion of the formation of a criminal organization , one of the accused is a leading NPD member. The President of the German Federal Criminal Police Office, Jörg Ziercke , said the raids were "a clear message to the operators of comparable Internet forums". The BKA will "consistently pursue the spread of right-wing extremist and xenophobic ideas as well as the glorification of National Socialism" and have "further intensified its efforts to combat xenophobic crimes on the Internet".

The neo-Nazi information portal Altermedia put investigation files against the alleged operators of the forum online.

November 2014 was the first Thiazi process four operators, three men and a woman, the Forum before the District Court Rostock sedition in several hundred cases, and forming a criminal organization accused.

Three years later, in November 2017, in the 2nd Thiazi trial, three other operators of the forum were also indicted before the Rostock regional court for sedition, formation of a criminal association, use of symbols of unconstitutional organizations and dissemination of propaganda materials of unconstitutional organizations. Arnulf Priem , a defendant in this trial, did not appear in court at the start of the trial, so an arrest warrant was issued against him.

Well-known judgments

Germany

In contrast to comparable processes, such as B. that of the Mittelrhein Action Office , the operators were charged in groups of 3–4 people. The proceedings take place before the 3rd Large Criminal Chamber - as the State Protection Chamber - at the Rostock Regional Court.

1. Thiazi process (11/2014 - 06/2015)

Names Nickname judgment
Klaus R. WPMP3 3 years 6 months
Daniela W. Fjörgyn / + admin + 2 years (suspended for 3 years on probation) and 200 hours of community service
Denny S. Scene critic / supervisor 11 / music archive 1 year 8 months (suspended for 2 years and 6 months on probation) as well as 200 hours of community service
Dominik S. Heinfred / supervisor 4 1 year 3 months (suspended for 2 years on probation) and 150 hours of community service

In the course of the negotiation for the 1st Thiazi trial, it became known that the proceedings against three former supervisors had been discontinued:

Names Nickname judgment
Nicola B. Prometheus spark Set against payment
Marian R. Strength Set against payment (20,000 euros)
Philipp K. Grom / GKT / supervisor 10 Discontinued due to inability to proceed according to § 170 Abs. 2 StPO

2. Thiazi process (11/2017 - 04/2018)

Names Nickname judgment
Arnulf P. chief of staff 1 year 10 months probation
Arno W. creator_mod 1 year 9 months probation
Alexander A. Germanic blood 1 year 7 months probation

3. Thiazi process (02/2018 - 05/2018)

Names Nickname judgment
Ronny H. Halvar Suspended sentences between 10 and 12 months,

as well as monetary requirements of up to 1,000 euros.

Nicolai B. Supervisor 2 / persuasive offender
Mario E. Supervisor 3 / Gilgamesh

4. Thiazi trial (06/2018 - pending)

Names Nickname judgment
Dirk V. Hlinka Pending
Tobias S. Martyr

5. Thiazi process (07/2019 - 08/2019)

Names Nickname judgment
Peter Marko B. Supervisor 9 / observer 1 year 10 probation
Daniela M. Supervisor 9 / G.Girl 9 months probation


Further judgments that have become known that were not heard at the Rostock Regional Court

Names Nickname judgment
Danny K. Danny-ACAB 1 years 6 months

Austria

In Austria the charges were carried out decentrally, i. H. there was no lead prosecutor who bundled the charges. Thus, all of the defendants were indicted in the regional courts responsible for them.

Names Nickname judgment
Christian W. Mjolnir 20 months imprisonment (15 months conditional / 5 months unconditional)
Roland S. Cloud / supervisor 6 5 years imprisonment (fleeting, Interpol search: in all EU countries and the Schengen area announced for arrest)
unknown Burkhard 2 years imprisonment (conditional)
unknown Front Defense 1 year imprisonment (conditional) and a fine of 480 euros
Bernhard James B. Nazi friend 20 months imprisonment unconditionally / after an appeal hearing
Günther Adolf A. Upper Danube 2 years 9 months imprisonment (unconditional, not final)
unknown Ostmärkler 9 months imprisonment (conditional)
unknown Peoplehater Vienna acquittal
Felix B. Prinz Eugen 5 years 9 months imprisonment (mandatory)
unknown Simplicissimus 2 years imprisonment (16 months conditional / 4 months unconditional) and a fine of 4,680 euros
unknown Storm rider 1 year imprisonment (conditional) and a fine of 3600 euros

According to a request from the National Council, the following users could not be identified:

Username
Anduin / Finnja / Fylgjur / gebis / King / Koenigstieger / Maschinenmensch / no mercy / NS-Ostmark / Walter_nowotny / xchris

* Bold = supervisors / administrators

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Julia Jüttner: Raid against Internet platform operator: Nazis offline. In: Spiegel Online . June 14, 2012. Retrieved June 14, 2012 .
  2. ^ The crude Zwickau theories of the network Nazis . Spiegel Online , November 18, 2011
  3. ^ Andreas Speit: Holocaust denial on the net: Investigations against NPD functionary. In: taz.de . October 25, 2010, accessed June 15, 2012 .
  4. ↑ Andreas Breathes: Nazi pages Altermedia and Thiazi: neo Board maker outed. In: taz.de . June 9, 2010, accessed June 15, 2012 .
  5. ^ Felix Helbig: Right-wing extremism: In the network of the Nazis. In: Frankfurter Rundschau . October 14, 2010, accessed June 15, 2012 .
  6. ^ A b Christoph Gunkel: Right-wing extremism: Angel of death on the Internet. In: faz.net . February 19, 2010, accessed June 15, 2012 .
  7. ↑ a b Nationwide searches of the operators of the right-wing extremist Internet forum “Thiazi.net” . ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. BKA press release from June 14, 2012; Retrieved June 15, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bka.de
  8. ↑ Andreas Speit: Neo-Nazi portal taken from the network. In: taz.de . June 14, 2012. Retrieved June 14, 2012 .
  9. ↑ Digital finger finger: Nazis publish BKA files . publikative.org of June 15, 2013
  10. ^ Indictment against four portal operators , the daily newspaper , May 22, 2013
  11. ^ Operator of the right-wing extremist Thiazi forum in court . heise online. November 28, 2014. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  12. ↑ Trial against operators of right-wing extremist platforms. In: Ostsee-Zeitung. Retrieved November 30, 2017 .
  13. ↑ Right-wing extremist website: Process interrupted. In: Ostsee-Zeitung. Retrieved November 30, 2017 .
  14. ^ Neo-Nazi website Thiazi.net: imprisonment for operators . In: Die Tageszeitung , October 22, 2015. Accessed May 7, 2016. 
  15. ^ Judgments in the Thiazi trial: Probation for operators from Nazi site , svz.de, June 12, 2015
  16. ^ Judgments in the Thiazi trial: Probation for operators from Nazi site , svz.de, June 12, 2015
  17. ^ Judgments in the Thiazi trial: Probation for operators from Nazi site , svz.de, June 12, 2015
  18. ↑ According to the “Thiazi” past: Kita fires educator . endstation-rechts.de. July 25, 2014. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  19. ↑ [Thiazi Trial] 11th day of negotiations . linksunten.indymedia.org. March 18, 2015. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 7, 2016. (no longer available) March 4, 2016 version in the Web Archive @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / linksunten.indymedia.org
  20. ↑ [Thiazi Trial] 11th day of negotiations . linksunten.indymedia.org. March 18, 2015. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 7, 2016. (no longer available) March 4, 2016 version in the Web Archive @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / linksunten.indymedia.org
  21. ↑ a b c sedition and criminal association: other Thiazi operators convicted. Right terminus, accessed on April 21, 2018 .
  22. ^ NDR (ed.): Thiazi: suspended sentences for forum moderators . ( ndr.de [accessed June 27, 2018]).
  23. ^ NDR (Ed.): Thiazi: Trial against other operators . ( ndr.de [accessed June 27, 2018]).
  24. ↑ a b END STATION RIGHT: Fourth Thiazi trial ends with suspended sentences. Retrieved August 27, 2019 .
  25. ↑ [MD] # md0904: "Brutality is my reality" . linksunten.indymedia.org. February 29, 2016. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 7, 2016. (no longer available) March 7, 2017 version in the Web Archive @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / linksunten.indymedia.org
  26. ^ First conviction for neo-Nazi homepage . derStandard.at. September 20, 2011. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  27. ↑ Five years imprisonment for "Mr. Cloud" from the neo-Nazi forum .
  28. ↑ salzburg.orf.at
  29. ↑ One year conditional imprisonment for students for re-employment . unsertirol24.com. March 31, 2016. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  30. ↑ Hannes Fehringer: Sierninger sold "grandfather's" Hitler bust. In: Upper Austrian news . January 25, 2017. Retrieved February 11, 2017 .
  31. ^ Upper Austria: unconditional detention due to re-employment. In: Salzburger Nachrichten . January 24, 2017. Retrieved February 11, 2017 .
  32. ^ Carinthian glorified Nazi era on the Internet: nine months conditionally . derStandard.at. September 28, 2015. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  33. ↑ parliament.gv.at (PDF)
  34. ↑ parliament.gv.at (PDF)
  35. ↑ Innsbruck: Thiazi-Nazis, watch out! . stopptdierechten.at. November 9, 2015. Archived from the original on February 21, 2016. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 7, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stopptdierechten.at
  36. ^ "Sturmreiter" incited against Jews and denied the Holocaust: Condemned . vorarlbergernachrichten.at of July 5, 2013
  37. ↑ parliament.gv.at (PDF)