Even ten years after the discovery of the ?National Socialist Underground= (NSU) terrorist group, there are many questions that remain unanswered. Were there other accomplices? How were the victims and crime scenes selected? Are there any connections to further attacks? Halle, Hanau, the murder of Walter Lübcke& Germany has been shaken again and again by right-wing extremist attacks. And time and again, questions have arisen about the state=s responsibility& as with the NSU complex. Uwe Böhnhardt, Uwe Mundlos and Beate Zschäpe were able to live underground for many years. They were able to carry out robberies and murders for years without being stopped& the authorities seemed to be clueless, blaming the so-called ?doner-kebab murders= on the victims= milieu. How was that possible? The question is still an explosive one, even and especially after the issuing of the verdict in the NSU trial. This book traces the contours of a case that is still uncanny and shocking today. And it addresses what are still burning issues: the role of the authorities, the judicial system and the media& and the suffering of those affected. It establishes connections to the never-ending series of attacks. What impact does the NSU have on the right-wing scene today? People have been receiving menacing letters signed ?NSU 2.0= and have been threatened with details taken from police sources about their private lives& and once again the authorities seem to have been unable to identify the perpetrators for years. The NSU complex is a challenge for the country. The mammoth court trial and a whole series of investigative committees have made progress in clarifying it, but have by no means brought it to a conclusion. The authors of this book clearly show that the state and society must not simply draw a line under it.

Prof. Dr. Tanjev Schultz teaches and researches at the Institute of Journalism at the University of Mainz.