Another Arrest in the Case of Budapest Anti-Fascists: Germany

On Monday, May 6th, starting at 8 am, in the district of Gostenhof, in Nuremberg, there was a house search, led by the LKA (judicial police) of the Land of Saxony, with the support of the Bavarian riot police.

The Federal Prosecutor’s Office accused the anti-fascist partisan, Hanna, of participating in a criminal association, which allegedly carried out attacks against neo-Nazis in Budapest. In addition to her involvement, she is accused of taking part in two of the Budapest attacks.

Shortly after the start of the search, comrades and neighbors gathered to demonstrate their solidarity with Hanna. The search lasted a total of more than seven hours. The police blocked several streets and did not let anyone on the street.

In October house searches had been carried out in Nuremberg, directed at several young anti-fascists. Here, too, the charge was the establishment of a criminal association, the object of which was allegedly only graffiti tags, which the Munich Public Prosecutor’s Office described as “the glorification of Antifa”.

As the case is being investigated by the Federal Prosecutor’s Office, after a lengthy search of her apartment, Hanna was taken to Karlsruhe, where the investigating judge ordered her remanded into custody. This decision was motivated, among other things, by the risk of flight, by the solidarity in Germany towardsillegal’ immigrants and by the size of the penalty incurred. Since May 6, Hanna has been in the Nuremberg prison. Like Maja, another anti-fascist prisoner, Hanna is also at risk of being extradited to Hungary.