It can generally be said that the presentation of extreme right wing ideology usually consists of two core elements, namely agitating and whining (as described in detail in a German-language supplement to newspaper Analyse und Kritik<\/a>). As far as the closing statement of the defense of Ralf Wohlleben is concerned, counsel Schneiders was responsible for the latter, counsel Klemke for the former.<\/p>\n In Schneiders\u2019 eyes, her client is, above all, a victim: victim of the press which had massively pre-judged him, victim of some victims\u2019 counsel engaging in \u201cscene voyeurism\u201d, victim of a biased court planning to convict him at all costs in order to satisfy the demands of \u201cmedia and politics\u201d. Her statement consisted of a confused mixture of criticism of the court, rehashing of defense motions for evidence on substantial issues, and crude conspiracy theories. Schneiders ended by calling for an acquittal and warning the judges that they will have to \u201caccount for their judgement\u201d in front of the \u201cjudge\u2019s bench of the Eternal\u201d (Richterstuhl des Ewigen) \u2013 a clear homage to the closing statement of Hitler\u2019s deputy Hess at the Nuremberg trial, which brought this Nazi statement to a fitting conclusion.<\/p>\n Klemke \u2013 the only Wohlleben counsel without an active past in Nazi organizations and thus apparently struggling to catch up \u2013 began his statement with a tirade which would be considered extreme even in the v\u00f6lkisch H\u00f6cke-wing of the AfD party. He driveled on about \u201cred-green-laced media\u201d, about a \u201clobby of so-called migrants\u201d upholding a \u201ccult of guilt\u201d in order to convince the German Volk not only to go along with its \u201cdownfall as a community of ancestry, culture and fate\u201d, but even to finance said downfall. Such theories of the \u201cdeath of the volk\u201d or of \u201cre-volk-ing\u201d\u00a0can also be found in the videos produced by the NSU<\/a>. (Apologies are due to our English-speaking readers at this point: it is almost impossible to adequately translate the hateful vocabulary of the v\u00f6lkisch right).<\/p>\n Klemke then mostly focuseed on attacking the prosecution\u2019s consideration of the evidence on the chain of custody over the murder weapon Ceska. His closing statement was interrupted in the early afternoon as Wohlleben claimed to be suffering from headaches.<\/p>\n It is not surprising that the closing statement of the Wohlleben defense, despite containing a criticism of the prosecution\u2019s consideration of the evidence and even some motions for further allegedly exculpatory evidence, is not addressed the court, but rather to the Nazi scene outside the courtroom. Accordingly, the defense is unfazed by the fact that its statement contradicted itself at many points \u2013 such as when Schneiders protested against the disgusted reactions to the defense\u2019s \u201cdeath of the Volk\u201d motion for evidence<\/a>\u00a0and claimed that the motion had been mischaracterized \u2013 only for Klemke to repeat the claims contained in the motion a few hours later. Or when Schneiders, on the one hand, attacked the mean victims\u2019 counsel who had politicized the trial, but on the other hand tried to hitch her wagon to motions for evidence (e.g. concerning the role of the secret service) brought by the very same victims\u2019 counsel and even tried to present herself as an advocate of the legitimate interests of the victims for a full accounting of the role of state organs.<\/p>\n This closing statement will fulfill its goal of convincing those already yearning to be convinced that Wohlleben is an innocent victim of the \u201cleft-green scummy\u201d media and judiciary. More need not be said about it. Klemke will continue the closing statement tomorrow, followed by counsel Nahrath.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Closing statement of the Wohlleben defense: agitating and whining It can generally be said that the presentation of extreme right wing ideology usually consists of two core elements, namely agitating and whining (as described in detail in a German-language supplement to newspaper Analyse und Kritik). 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