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»Two years have passed since the racist and right-wing terrorist murders of Ferhat Unvar, Hamza Kurtović, Said Nesar Hashemi, Sedat Gürbüz, Vili Viorel Păun, Mercedes Kierpacz, Kaloyan Velkovam, Fatih Saraçoğlu and Gökhan Gültekin on February 19, 2020.«
Placemark: Berlin Wedding
Berlin-Wedding: Despite the storm, hundreds of people meet to mourn and to commemorate the victims of the racist attack in Hanau two years ago.
Above all, they are people who have experienced racism themselves and no longer feel safe in Germany since February 19, 2020.
Fatima M., demo participant:
»Well, yes, it's a very strange feeling, especially because it also happened in a shisha bar.
I'm also someone who often goes to a shisha bar and what you already said, it could have been me, it could have been friends of mine - it's unbelievable.«
Said Etris Hashemi is the brother of one of the murder victims.
He himself was in the Arena Bar in Hanau during the crime, was shot and survived.
It is part of the commemorative initiative »19.
February«, which called for decentralized remembrance on the anniversary.
Said Etris Hashemi, Survivor (via Zoom):
»Has anything changed?
To be honest, we're still waiting for that, that is, for the necessary consequence to conclude what happened there and simply to ensure that something like this never happens again here in this country.«
Demonstration call:
»Hanau was not an isolated case!«
Tien-Chi Lu, demo participant:
»Everyone sees that such attacks continue to happen and that these are not isolated cases and we are motivated by it, if you can say so, to stand together and keep fighting.«
Fatima M., demo participant:
"As a person who also has a migration background herself, it's definitely really bad and still so unbelievable to just see that somehow nothing has happened."
Even two years after the murders, it is unclear why the police could hardly be reached on the day of the attack when the perpetrator killed nine young people and injured six others for racist reasons.
After the murders, the public prosecutor's office had the dead autopsied against the will of the relatives.
Newroz Duman, February 19th initiative:
»We have made everything that is important and everything that is still open to the public public.
Now it's the authorities' turn, now it's the politicians' turn to draw conclusions from this.
We've been telling you what happened, everything that went wrong, for 24 months.«
Said Etris Hashemi, survivor:
»Well, it takes a lot of energy, because you... sometimes I also say that it's like a full-time job, where you're busy every day and at the end of the day, yeah, you don't earn anything let me tell you.«
On this Saturday they are not alone.
»We demand complete clarification, justice and consequences.«