reportedly only fan hammerstein attended the trial in the city of magda berg she described the moment the verdict was read out. it came as no surprise when judge was a mass ins hands down the verdict today a life long prison sentence for a far right extremist stephon be the judge several times underlined the severity of his crimes and called him to his face a quote enemy of humanity she said she was lost for words to describe his what she calls emotional coldness but this trial is far more significant beyond the just the verdict and this is what the cold plaintiffs want to make clear many of whom are present in the courtroom today and many of whom also a survivor of the attack last year they and the solidarity protest just outside the court building want to make clear that germany has a problem with anti semitism with anti semitic violence and sentiments and they also want to say that this trial the end of this trial today should not mark the end of germany's reckoning with reality but instead should lead to further investigations into online radicalization into far right extremism in