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{{Short description|Murder of Turkish-born businessman}}
'''Enver Şimşek''' (4 December 1961 – 11 September 2000) was a Turkish-born businessman in Germany who was the first victim of the [[National Socialist Underground murders|series of murders]] by the [[National Socialist Underground]] (NSU) terrorist group. The owner of a flower shop in [[Schlüchtern]] in Hesse, he was gunned down on 9 September 2000 at a mobile flower stand in [[Nuremberg]]. Two days later he died in a hospital as a result of injuries sustained in the attack.

== Life ==
Enver Şimşek immigrated to Germany from Turkey in 1985. He first worked in a factory and then started his own flower shop. This eventually grew into a flower wholesale business which served several shops and flower stands.<ref name="AustLaabs_Heimatschutz">[[Stefan Aust]], Dirk Laabs: ''Heimatschutz. Der Staat und die Mordserie des NSU.'' Pantheon, München 2014, page 464.</ref>

A few years before his murder, Şimşek became more religious, took part in [[Hajj]] with his wife and donated money to the local Islamic community. He considered opening a [[Quran]] school in Schlüchtern and sent his children to a religious boarding school.<ref name="AustLaabs_Heimatschutz"/>

Enver Şimşek was married and the father of two children, Semiya and Abdulkerim.<ref name="swr1">{{cite news|url=http://www.swr.de/swr2/programm/sendungen/feature/-/id=6124246/property=download/nid=659934/1sigdm2/|authors=Oliver Bendixen, Matthias Fink|title=Auf der Suche nach dem "Dönerkiller"|publisher=Südwestrundfunk|date=April 2010|language=de}}</ref>

==Death==
On 9 September 2000 Şimşek was operating a flower stand in [[Nuremberg]]. This was unusual, as he normally only delivered goods for sale at the stand. On this day, however, he had taken over sales at the stand while the normal operator was on vacation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://beratungsnetzwerk-sachsen-anhalt.de/index.php/47-wanderausstellung-die-opfer-des-nsu-und-die-aufarbeitung-der-verbrechen|title=Eröffnung Wanderausstellung "Die Opfer des NSU und die Aufarbeitung der Verbrechen"|publisher=Internet site of the Beratungsnetzwerk gegen Rechtsextremismus in Sachsen-Anhalt|access-date=12 September 2016}}</ref>

Eight shots were fired at Şimşek between 12:45 pm and 2:15 pm. He was transported to hospital and died two days later without ever regaining consciousness. Forensic examination of projectiles and shell cases demonstrated that two different weapons had been used: a pistol of caliber 6.35&nbsp;mm, type not identifiable, and a pistol of the [[CZ 82|Česká 83 type]], caliber 7.65&nbsp;mm.<ref name="swr1"/>

The crime scene was located in the [[Langwasser]] district of Nuremberg.

== Trial ==
{{main|National Socialist Underground trial}}
The family of Enver Şimşek was represented by [[Seda Başay-Yıldız]] in the [[National Socialist Underground trial]].<ref name="fr-1640158">{{cite web|title=Seda Basay-Yildiz: Kampf dem staatlichen Rassismus|url=http://www.fr.de/frankfurt/seda-basay-yildiz-kampf-dem-staatlichen-rassismus-a-1640158|last=Frankfurter Rundschau}}</ref>

== Commemoration ==
At the central memorial event of the Federal Republic in honour of the NSU victims in the Berliner Schauspielhaus on Gendarmenmarkt, Şimşek's daughter Semiya Şimşek spoke with Mehmet Kubaşık's daughter, Gamze, and stated that she had "not even been permitted to be a victim with a clear conscience" for eleven years". Semiya Şimşek chronicled the story of her family's suffering after the death of her father and the interactions by the investigators with relatives in her 2013 book ''Schmerzliche Heimat: Deutschland und der Mord an meinem Vater'' ("Painful Homeland: Germany and the murder of my father"), which became the basis for the 2016 ARD television film ''[[NSU German History X]]: Die Opfer – Vergesst mich nicht'' ("The Victims - Don't forget me").<ref>{{cite news|title=NSU in der ARD: Gänsehaut als Geschichtsunterricht|author=Antje Hildebrandt|url=http://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.nsu-in-der-ard-gaensehaut-als-geschichtsunterricht.9413d5f1-08c8-43f7-9187-c79d1f37a714.html|publisher=Stuttgarter Zeitung|date=30 March 2016|access-date=2019-10-06|language=de}}</ref>

To commemorate all NSU murder victims, including Şimşek, a stele was erected in Nuremberg in 2013. At the scene of the crime, a plaque in his memory was installed in September 2014 at the initiative of residents. The unveiling of the plaque was attended by his widow, who visited the place for the first time.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nordbayern.de/region/nuernberg/gedenkstatte-fur-das-erste-opfer-der-nsu-mordserie-1.3877909|title=Gedenkstätte für das erste Opfer der NSU-Mordserie|publisher=Nordbayern.de|date=9 September 2014|access-date=2019-10-06|language=de}}</ref> The plaque was later stolen by unknown persons and the group "Das Schweigen durchbrechen" (Breaking the Silence) installed a sign with a picture of showing Şimşek.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nordbayern.de/region/nuernberg/nsu-vor-16-jahren-wurde-enver-simsek-erschossen-1.5475685|title=NSU: Vor 16 Jahren wurde Enver Simsek erschossen|publisher=Nordbayern.de|date=9 September 2016|access-date=2019-10-06|language=de}}</ref>

In [[Zwickau]] in [[Saxony]], the last place where the core trio of the NSU lived underground, a [[Quercus robur|European oak]] was planted on 8 September 2019 in memory of Enver Şimşek on the Ziegelwiese in the northern part of the Swan Pond Park. Only a few weeks later, the tree was cut down by unknown persons. The mayor of Zwickau [[Pia Findeiß]] spoke of the “intolerance, a lack of understanding of democracy and contempt for victims of terrorism and their relatives” demonstrated by this act.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.zwickau.de/de/aktuelles/pressemitteilungen/2019/10/416.php?s=c179c867e18688f0179320b8b41fab24|title=''Oberbürgermeisterin ist entsetzt über die Zerstörung des Gedenkbaumes an ein NSU-Opfer'', press release from the City of Zwickau on 3 October 2019|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/gesellschaft/kriminalitaet/gedenkbaum-fuer-nsu-mordopfer-in-zwickau-abgesaegt-16416255.html|title=Gedenkbaum für NSU-Mordopfer in Zwickau abgesägt|publisher=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung|date=4 October 2019|access-date=6 October 2019|language=de}}</ref> One week later, a wooden bench with an inscription placed in memory of Şimşek was also destroyed.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dw.com/en/second-memorial-to-victim-of-german-neo-nazi-terror-group-vandalized/a-50717320|title=Second memorial to victim of German neo-Nazi terror group vandalized|publisher=Deutsche Welle|date=6 October 2019|language=en}}</ref> [[Barbara John]], ombudsperson for NSU victims appointed by the German government, regards this as evidence for existence of networks that approve of the murders.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/zwickau-erneut-gedenkzeichen-fuer-nsu-opfer-zerstoert.1939.de.html?drn:news_id=1056619|title=Erneut Gedenkzeichen für NSU-Opfer zerstört|language=de}}</ref> Ten new memorial trees were planted and memorial plaques were installed in the same place on 3 November 2019, though criticism was raised over misspellings of Şimşek's name and the failure to invite survivors and relatives.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/zeitgeschehen/2019-11/nationalsozialistischer-untergrund-nsu-opfer-gedenkfeier-zwickau-kritik|title=Zwickau weiht Mahnmal für NSU-Opfer ein|publisher=Zeit Online|date=3 November 2019}}</ref>

In March 2020 the city of [[Jena]] decided after a lengthy discussion to name a place in Jena-Winzerla, where the perpetrators of the NSU grew up, after Enver Şimşek.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thueringer-allgemeine.de/web/zgt/leben/detail/-/specific/Streit-um-Enver-Simsek-Platz-Stadtverwaltung-Jena-lehnt-Benennung-nach-NSU-Opf-159353895|title=Streit um "Enver-Simsek-Platz" - Stadtverwaltung Jena lehnt Benennung nach NSU-Opfer ab|access-date=2019-04-02|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://rathaus.jena.de/sites/default/files/2020-03/10_20.pdf |title=Amtsblatt der Stadt Jena |publisher=City of Jena |date=2020-03-12 |access-date=2020-06-09 |language=de}}</ref> In mid-September 2020, the opening of the『Enver-Şimşek-Platz』was attended by family members of Şimşek as well as minister-president [[Bodo Ramelow]] and additional politicians.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mdr.de/thueringen/ost-thueringen/jena/nsu-opfer-simsek-platz-100.html|title=Platz in Jena nach NSU-Opfer benannt|date=19 September 2020}}</ref>

== Links ==
*[https://www.daserste.de/unterhaltung/film/mitten-in-deutschland-nsu/sendung/die-opfer-vergesst-mich-nicht-100.html ''Die Opfer – Vergesst mich nicht''] ("The Victims - Don't forget me"), ARD film about Semiya Şimşek's search for justice for her father (in German).

== References ==
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[[Category:1961 births]]
[[Category:2000 deaths]]
[[Category:2000 murders in Germany]]
[[Category:Turkish emigrants to West Germany]]
[[Category:Neo-Nazi attacks in Germany]]
[[Category:Victims of serial killers]]
[[Category:Persecution of Turks in Germany]]
[[Category:2000 in Bavaria]]
[[Category:September 2000 events in Germany]]
[[Category:September 2000 crimes]]

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