Uwe Böhnhardt (1 October 1977, in
Jena – 4 November 2011, in
Eisenach) was a German
right-wing extremist who was one of three core members of
National Socialist Underground (NSU), a
neo-Nazi
Neo-Nazism comprises the post–World War II militant, social, and political movements that seek to revive and reinstate Nazism, Nazi ideology. Neo-Nazis employ their ideology to promote hatred and Supremacism#Racial, racial supremacy (ofte ...
terror group that included scores of associates providing logistical support to the core trio. The other two core members were
Uwe Mundlos and
Beate Zschäpe. It is believed that Böhnhardt was killed in 2011 by Mundlos in an apparent
murder-suicide.
Police initially identified traces of Böhnhardt's
DNA on a fragment of fabric found near the site at which the missing girl
Peggy Knobloch was found.
Subsequently, German police retracted that claim when it was discovered that a DNA error had occurred, claiming the error was caused by a piece of contaminated equipment.
See also
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National Socialist Underground murders
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National Socialist Underground trial
References
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1977 births
2011 suicides
21st-century German murderers
German neo-Nazis
German serial killers
Suicides by firearm in Germany