Some officials see mockery of the law as a neo-Nazi, convicted as a man, now plans to enter a women’s prison and is demanding kosher meals, claiming to be a devout Jew.
The suspect is accused of being part of group that placed explosives on the pipelines after hiring a sailing yacht that departed from Rostock, on Germany’s Baltic coast.
The Sorbs, one of four recognized national minorities in Germany, are trying to save their language, which is threatened by assimilation and hostility from ultranationalists.
Germans are deeply frustrated over a train system that is falling apart, undermining the punctuality that has long been core to Germany’s national self-image.