NSU trial or National Socialist Underground trial was a trial against several people in connection with the National Socialist Underground ( NSU ) – an extreme-right terrorist organization in Germany – and the NSU murders . It took place between 6 May 2013 and 11 July 2018 in Munich before the Munich Higher Regional Court . The trial was notable for being one of the largest , longest and most expensive in German history and made public claims of institutionalized racism within the German police force who for years ruled out the Neo-Nazis as potential suspects in the killings and instead focused on suspects with Turkish backgrounds , " going so far as to name their investigation " Bosporus . " Accused were Beate Zschäpe and four suspected helpers and supporters : André Eminger , , Carsten Schultze and former NPD official Ralf Wohlleben . Zschäpe had to answer charges of being a principal in ten murders and a serious arson and of being a member of a terrorist organization . Eminger was accused of knowing about the murders and aiding and abetting a terror organisation . Gerlach was accused of being an accessory by providing false documents for the so-called NSU trio . Schultze was accused of being an accessory by transporting the weapon used in nine of the murders to the trio . Wohlleben was accused , inter alia , of being an accessory by procuring this weapon . Other charges were also brought
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National Socialist Underground trial