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Neo-Nazi "SS-Siggi" buried: Hundreds of right-wing extremists at the funeral service

Right-wing extremists say goodbye to Siegfried Borchardt in Dortmund. The neo-Nazi who became known as “SS-Siggi” died several months ago.

Dortmund – The neo-Nazi Siegfried Borchardt was buried in Dortmund on Friday (January 21, 2022). Numerous right-wing extremists came to the funeral service of the man who became known nationwide as “SS-Siggi”. According to the police, around 250 neo-Nazis attended the funeral in the main cemetery in Dortmund’s Brackel district. As the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung reports, the event was accompanied by a large police force and numerous journalists.

The funeral service began at 10:00 a.m. in the main cemetery. A few hours later, at 12:40 p.m., the police announced that the funeral was over. “So far, from a police point of view, there have been no special incidents in the vicinity of this funeral,” said the Dortmund authority on Twitter. However, there were isolated hostilities against the representatives of the press who were present, they reported.

Funeral of “SS-Siggi” in Dortmund: Siegfried Borchardt was a brutal neo-Nazi

Borchardt died in October 2021 at the age of 67. As the neo-Nazi micro-party “Dierechte” announced on its website, the neo-Nazi died after a short stay in a clinic. During his lifetime, “SS-Siggi” was a member of many right-wing extremist groups. Among other things, he was a co-founder of the “Borussenfront” – an association of right-wing hooligans from Borussia Dortmund.

Borchardt received his nickname “SS-Siggi” after a prison sentence in the 1980s. He had previously been convicted of assault and vandalism. Acts of violence against people with a migration background were regularly on the agenda during Borchardt’s time in the “Borussian Front”.

In 2014, Borchardt won a seat on the Dortmund city council with the party Dierechte. On the evening of the election, he and other neo-Nazis tried to storm the town hall, shouting “Siggi, Siggi, Siggi”. The right-wing extremists hit politicians from other parties. Borchardt told the television magazine Spiegel TV that he was not happy about the nickname “SS-Siggi”. This term comes from a Stern journalist. It would be better to address him as “SA-Siggi”, he explained in front of the camera at the time.

“SS-Siggi” buried in Dortmund: Also Jewish graves in the cemetery

What was tricky at the funeral service on Friday was that the Jewish cemetery is also located in the main cemetery in Dortmund. According to the WAZ, there has also been a section for Muslim funerals for 25 years. The police therefore announced in advance that they would “protect the sensitive part of the cemetery” and “take vigorous action against criminals”. During a “funeral march” for Siegfried Borchardt last year, neo-Nazis and counter-demonstrators almost clashed.

According to the news portal T-Online.de, individual speakers also presented political slogans – although only one funeral service was officially registered. According to the report, they received no applause from the participants. Unsure how to behave at the funeral, they would have just stood there. (tvd)

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