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Am 8. Juli 1992 gegen 2.30 Uhr in der Nacht dringen sieben angetrunkene junge Neonazis in ein Arbeiterwohnheim in Ostfildern Kemnat ein und schlagen mit Baseball-Schlägern auf zwei schlafende Arbeiter ein. Der 55jährige Sadri Berisha, Albaner aus dem Kosovo, stirbt noch am Tatort, sein Kollege Sahit Elezaj wird mit lebensgefährlichen Verletzungen in das Krankenhaus eingeliefert.

"Berisha und Elezay arbeiteten -“ Berisha seit 21 Jahren -“ bei einer Baufirma in Kemnat und schickten regelmäßig Geld zu ihren Familien in den Kosovo. Sadri Berisha hatte drei Kinder und überwies die Hälfte seines Lohnes an seine Familie in der Heimat.

Sahit Elezaj war zu dieser Zeit Vater von sieben Kindern im Alter zwischen zwei und 16 Jahren. Der Überlebende Elezaj durfte nach der Tat seine Familie nach Kemnat holen. (...)"

Am 11.07.1992 demonstrieren ca. 300 Menschen in Kemnat gegen die rassistischen Übergriffe der Skinheads.

"Das Motiv der Täter, die sich vorher Hitler-Reden vom Band angehört haben, lautet: "Polacken klatschen"."

"Im Prozeß um den Mord an Sadri Berisha in Kemnat wird das Urteil gefällt: Der Hauptangeklagte Thomas Wede aus Kemnat erhält eine lebenslange Freiheitsstrafe, Michael D. muß neun Jahre Jugendstrafe absitzen. Fünf weitere Angeklagte werden zu Freiheits- und Jugendstrafen zwischen sieben Jahren und sechs Monaten verurteilt. Die Urteile entsprechen in fast allen Punkten den Strafanträgen des Staatsanwalts. Für das Gericht ist es erwiesen, daß der Tod an Sadro Berisha einer "Hinrichtung" aus "dumpfem Ausländerhaß" gleichkam."

Der "Prozess handelt sich um das bundesweit erste Mordverfahren gegen Gewalttäter, die aus Fremdenfeindlichkeit gehandelt haben sollen."

Zitate:

Chronik Stadt Ostfildern

Stern 17/1993 via unvergessen (archive.org)

Zeit Dokumentation Todesopfer rechter Gewalt 9/2010

Neues Deutschland 28.04.1994 (paywall)

Siehe auch:
• Antifa Info Blatt NS-Kurzmeldungen aus der BRD (1993)
• Spiegel 17/1993
• VVN-BdA Kreisvereinigung Esslingen: 25. Jahrestag des rassistischen Mordes an Sadri Berisha in Kemnat
• Esslinger Zeitung 8. Juli 2017: VVN erinnert an Mord an Sadri Berisha

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