North Rhine-Westphalia: allegations against city employees: Ku Klux Klan scene

Hagen (dpa / lnw) - New allegations have emerged during the investigations into two employees of the city of Hagen's public order office for the possible use of Nazi symbols: an execution scene in the style of the Ku Klux Klan is said to be on the desk of one of the two employees.

North Rhine-Westphalia: allegations against city employees: Ku Klux Klan scene

Hagen (dpa / lnw) - New allegations have emerged during the investigations into two employees of the city of Hagen's public order office for the possible use of Nazi symbols: an execution scene in the style of the Ku Klux Klan is said to be on the desk of one of the two employees. secret society have been staged.

Corresponding information is part of the ongoing investigations against the two men, a spokesman for the Hagen public prosecutor confirmed several media reports on Friday. The two employees have been released from work since the investigation began in December 2021, said a spokesman for the city of Hagen.

According to media reports, a photo of the production shows two chocolate Santa Clauses with typical white Ku Klux Klan hats in front of a white cross and a stripped and decapitated chocolate Santa Claus. That was completely tasteless, but probably not punishable in itself, said the spokesman for the public prosecutor's office. However, it rounds off the remaining investigations into the matter.

The two men are suspected of having produced or used a piece of paper with Nazi symbols marked as a "passport". "Führer Headquarters" can be read on the paper, it is also provided with a swastika and imperial eagle and signed "Adolf H.". The public prosecutor's office in Hagen announced in December 2021 that it was being checked whether it had become "publicly effective", i.e. whether it had been used publicly. The use and dissemination of symbols of National Socialist organizations is punishable by law.