{{Short description|Murdered in 2000 in Dessau, Germany}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} right|thumb|Memorial to Alberto Adriano|alt=Memorial stone in park
In 2000, '''Albert Adriano''' was murdered by three neo-Nazis in Dessau, Germany. The killers were immediately arrested and imprisoned after a trial.
== Life == Alberto Adriano was born {{circa|1961}} in Mozambique. He travelled to East Germany in 1988 as a Vertragsarbeiter, working in a meat-processing plant and living in Dessau. He met his partner and together they had three children.<ref name="DW" /><ref name="DTO">{{cite news |last1=Kleffner |first1=Heike |title=Alberto Adriano - der Tod eines Vaters [Alberto Adriano - Death of a father] |url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/themen/rechtsextremismus/opfer-rechter-gewalt-alberto-adriano-der-tod-eines-vaters/1934726.html |access-date=18 January 2022 |work=Der Tagesspiegel Online |date=15 September 2010 |language=de-DE}}</ref>
== Murder == On 10 June 2000, Adriano watched the opening game of the UEFA Euro 2000 football championship.<ref name="DTO" /> He had told his friends that he was planning a trip to Mozambique.<ref name="BBC" /> At around 1:30 am, he walked home 400 metres across Dessau city park. In the park he encountered three drunk neo-Nazis, who had missed their train home and were walking around shouting far-right slogans such as "Heil Hitler".<ref name="DTO" /> They attacked Adriano and beat him to the ground, continuing to stamp on his head. He died from his injuries three days later.<ref name="BBC">{{cite news |last1=Broomby |first1=Rob |title=Race hate in Germany |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/908592.stm |access-date=18 January 2022 |work=BBC News |date=3 September 2000}}</ref> Three suspects, Enrico H., Frank M. and Christian R., were arrested the same night and confessed to the crime. Enrico H. was convicted of murder and the other two were imprisoned for nine years in juvenile detention.<ref name="DTO" /><ref name="DW">{{cite news |last1=Knight |first1=Ben |title=Neo-Nazi murder of Alberto Adriano remembered, 20 years on |url=https://www.dw.com/en/neo-nazi-murder-of-alberto-adriano-remembered-20-years-on/a-53777469 |access-date=18 January 2022 |work=Deutsche Welle |date=11 June 2020}}</ref>
== Legacy ==
The murder caused widespread revulsion in Germany and the Chancellor Gerhard Schröder attended Adriano's funeral.<ref name="BBC" /><ref name="DW" /> After the court case, Schroeder said it was "a suitable verdict for a heinous crime".<ref name="LAT">{{cite news|title=German Neo-Nazis Guilty in Beating Death |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-aug-31-mn-13298-story.html |access-date=18 January 2022 |work=Los Angeles Times |agency=AP |date=31 August 2000}}</ref> Anti-Nazi initiatives were organised and Adriano's family was financially supported.<ref name="DW" /> Henning Mankell wrote a play based on the killing of Adriano which premiered at the Theater tri-bühne in Stuttgart in 2003.<ref name="TB">{{cite web |title=Dunkles Brot und tote Blumen [Dark bread and dead flowers] |url=https://www.tri-buehne.de/produktion/dunkles-brot-und-tote-blumen-2003 |website=www.tri-buehne.de |access-date=18 January 2022}}</ref>
== See also == * Death of Oury Jalloh
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