NSU drama falls flat with German TV viewers
A still from the TV miniseries shows actors portraying Beate Zschäpe sitting between Uwe Mundlos and Uwe Böhnhardt watching a television report on a murder.
By Carolyn Yeager from media reports
AFTER THREE YEARS of trying to prosecute Beate Zschäpe for her participation in 10 racially-motivated murders that occurred between 2000 and 2009, the German state is losing the interest of the public they are trying to influence.
The trial is so ponderous and slow-moving that there is little for the newspapers to write about, and indeed the readers are not interested in it anyway. This week a much-hyped television miniseries on the alleged crimes and their aftermath met with low viewership. The ratings were poorer than any other thriller, drama or comedy aired by public broadcaster ARD in prime time for the last 10 years – less than 3 million viewers watched any one of the three parts, according to Deutsche Welle.















