Photo Gallery Neo-Nazis Honor Rudolf Hess in 1996
The far-right NPD party has sought to distance itself from the Zwickau neo-Nazi terror cell, which is accused of murdering at least 10 people. Now, photographs have emerged showing the current NPD leader together with the terrorists at a 1996 demonstration. This photo shows Beate Zschäpe, the only surviving member of the terror cell. The man next to her is believed to be Ralf Wohlleben, a former NPD official who is in custody on suspicion of supporting a terrorist organization.
Here, the current NPD leader Holger Apfel can be seen to the right of the flag at the rear. Beate Zschäpe is at the front on the left. The photographs were taken at a demonstration in Worms, a city in the western state of Rhineland-Palatinate, where right-wing extremists had gathered to mark the anniversary of the death of Rudolf Hess, Hitler's deputy.
Here, one of the cell's members, Uwe Mundlos, is checked by police on the sidelines of the demonstration. Flags of the NPD's youth organization can be seen in the background.
Mundlos and Zschäpe are seen together at the Worms demonstration.
Holger Apfel, who at the time was the head of the Young National Democrats, the NPD's youth organization, is seen next to a banner glorifying Rudolph Hess.
Here, Zschäpe and Mundlos are seen in the front row of the crowd. They would go underground less than two years later.
