Born in South America, Ronnie Fischer is Protestant. His wife Louisa is of Spanish and Catholic origin. And her mother-in-law, who walks with a walker, is Jewish. In the middle of this cosmopolitan district of Hanau, opposite the shishas bar the Arena, where Tobias R sowed death, the trio is out of place. He is a small, well-bred, courteous and cultivated family, although speaking with a foreign accent, on his digestive walk, and has lived in the universe of Kesselstadt for twenty-five years.
The Fischer family illustrates the German ambiguity in the face of immigration. Welcoming and determined, as Angela Merkel asked her fellow citizens in 2015, when embarking on her migratory journey, but still skeptical of her country’s ability to integrate thousands of refugees.
»See also – Hanau: after the double shooting, the population gathered against hatred and racism
German multiculturalism
Officially, Hanau embodies the famous German multiculturalism, and even in Kesselstadt, the Fischer family appreciates the richness of diversity. “Here, there are all nationalities, people live in peace, there have never been any problems, the children go to school. We buy our products in Turkish stores. The fruits and the meat are very good ”says Louisa. The day before, from their neighboring apartment, in the middle of the night, the couple heard sirens and saw lights. And Thursday, discovering the magnitude of the tragedy, nevertheless recognizes that there are ” problems “.
The Karlsruhe federal prosecutor’s office, which is empowered to deal with terrorist cases, has raised concerns “Clues to a far right background”, but Ronnie Fischer is not convinced. “Everyone is talking about extremes but we tend to systematize things. We know that there are extremes in Germany, but that’s just what a blind man’s cane sees “, considers this 67-year-old retiree, who prefers to raise the problem of “Integration and crime”. “But politicians do nothing for. They live in their little world where they are protected “. Louisa talks about a peaceful neighborhood where nationalities rub shoulders while noting that there are “Germans who don’t like to see Muslims shopping”. Her husband, for his part, talks about a whole country and cities where this same cocktail leads to tragedies, as if these two universes were distinct.
In the end, nothing will change, predicts, Ronnie, annoyed. “Maybe there will be one more police car passing by in the neighborhood, but that’s it.”
– .
