1984 Duisburg arson attack

Arson attack in Germany 1984 Duisburg arson attack Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 26 August 1984 Arson 7 (including 4 children) 25 Evelin D. disputed The Duisburg arson attack was an arson attack on a house in Duisburg, Germany in 1984.Yılmaz Enise 2020-08-25 Duisburg Wanheimerort Saldırısı: Irkçı Kundaklama ve Unutulan Yedi İsim https://perspektif.eu/2020/08/25/duisburg-wanheimerort-saldirisi-irkci-kundaklama-ve-unutulan-yedi-isim/ 2024-02-18 Perspektif tr-TR It was the first arson attack on a Turkish migrant family in Duisburg and Germany.Bilgü İlhan 2021-07-02 Almanya'da Irkçı Saldırıların Kronolojisi: Cinayetler, Kundaklamalar, Silahlı Baskınlar! https://camiahaber.com/2021/07/02/almanyada-irkci-saldirilar-kronolojisi/ 2024-02-18 Camia tr Background In the 1980s, there was several attacks on migrants in Germany.Racist violence in West Germany before 1990 – Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right https://www.radicalrightanalysis.com/2020/01/20/racist-violence-in-west-germany-before-1990/ 2024-02-18 en-GB Attack The fire occurred between 26 and 27 August 1984 at around midnight in the borough Wanheimerort. It was reported in local and regional media that the fire spread quickly throughout the building from the ground floor through the wooden staircase of the old building. Seven members of the Satır family died,Foundation Roma 2023-08-21 Duisburg: Forgotten https://rroma.org/duisburg-forgotten/ 2024-02-18 rroma.org en-GB and 23 people were wounded. Only the two daughters of the family managed to flee by jumping out of the window, and were seriously injured.35 yıldır acımız dinmiyor https://www.sabah.com.tr/avrupa/2019/07/12/35-yildir-acimiz-dinmiyor 2024-02-18 Sabah tr The father Ramazan Satır, who was not at the house, was unharmed. Victims The victims were Döndü Satır, (40), Zeliha and Rasim Turhan (18) and their son Tarık Turhan (1 month), Çiğdem Satır (7), Ümit Satır (5) and Songül Satır (4).Fighting for memory as a tour de force – Şahin Çalışır – Doing Memory https://doing-memory.de/en/fighting-for-memory-as-a-tour-de-force-sahin-calisir/ 2024-02-18 en-US The family was originally from Adana, Turkey,Nogueira Nogueira, Katarzyna Guest Workers" in Mining: Historicising the Industrial Past in the Ruhr region from the Bottom Up? https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/bitstream/handle/document/71841/ssoar-bioszeit-2018-2-nogueira-Guest_Workers_in_Mining_Historicising.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y&lnkname=ssoar-bioszeit-2018-2-nogueira-Guest_Workers_in_Mining_Historicising.pdf Zeitschrift für Biographieforschung, Oral History und Lebensverlaufsanalysen 31 2 and they were buried in the village of Köprülü in Ceyhan. Perpetrator The case was closed in 1996 when Evelin D. was identified as the perpetrator, who had turned herself in to police in 1994, and admitted to a series of arsons, spanning over 10 years. She was 24 years old at the time of the arson and also the perpetrator of another previous attack in Duisburg in 1993 on a migrant family.Kalscheur Annette 2023-08-23 Tödlicher Brandanschlag in Duisburg "war nicht rechtsextrem" https://www.waz.de/lokales/duisburg/article404795709/toedlicher-brandanschlag-in-duisburg-war-nicht-rechtsextrem.html Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung de In total, she was linked to 50 arson cases.Verseck Laura 2023-08-25 Aufarbeitung rechter Gewalt in Duisburg: Erinnerung nach 39 Jahren https://taz.de/Aufarbeitung-rechter-Gewalt-in-Duisburg/!5956021/ 2025-01-23 Die Tageszeitung: taz de 0931-9085 She was a pyromaniac, which caused the court to drop the possibility of the attacks being racially motivated. However the victims and activist organizations have claimed that the attack was caused by xenophobia.Kluhs Johanna-Yasirra https://www.academia.edu/87943931 What we can relate to Rodonò Aurora Saavedra-Lara Fabian Tanç Nesrin 2021 StrzeleckiBooks 978-3-946770-89-3 D. died of natural causes while still detained at a psychiatric facility in 2010.Latsch Marc 2022-06-30 Sieben Tote in Duisburg: Brandanschlag in Wanheimerort wird wohl erneut auf rechtsextremen Hintergrund geprüft https://rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/duisburg/duisburg-brandanschlag-in-wanheimerort-wird-wohl-erneut-auf-rechtsextremismus-ueberprueft_aid-72187373 2025-01-23 RP ONLINE de In popular culture The short film Made in Germany 3 was inspired by the event.International Short Film Festival Oberhausen Made in Germany 3 - WDDS Cyprus https://www.wddscyprus.com/event/international-short-film-festival-oberhausen-made-in-germany-3/ 2024-02-18 www.wddscyprus.com en-US The "Initiative Duisburg 1984" organization founded in 2018 has the aim to bring the forgotten arson attack back into the public consciousness.Initiative Duisburg 1984 https://www.inidu84.de/ 2024-02-18 www.inidu84.de The attack was commemorated in 2019, and a podcast was made with the survivors. See also 1980 Hamburg arson attack 1992 Mölln arson attack 1993 Sollingen arson attack 2024 Solingen arson attack References North Rhine-Westphalia Category:Arson in Germany Category:1980s fires in Europe Category:Arson in 1984 Category:Persecution of Turks in Germany Category:1984 murders in Germany Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in Germany Category:Building and structure fires in Germany Category:20th-century mass murders in Germany Category:Family murders Category:Duisburg Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in 1984 Category:1984 mass murders Category:Terrorist incidents in Germany in 1984 Category:1980s in North Rhine-Westphalia Category:Murder in North Rhine-Westphalia Category:Terrorist incidents in North Rhine-Westphalia Category:Building and structure fires in Europe Category:Child murder in Germany