Nada Čižmár
Died 19 December 2016
Who they were
Nada was a Czech citizen and mother of a five-year-old boy. Since 2014 she had worked for a logistics company in Berlin, where she lived with her family. Her husband, Petr, deliberately made her name and face public so she would not become an anonymous statistic – "we are people who have names, friends and families," he explained.
What happened
On the evening of Monday 19 December 2016, Nada was at the Christmas market on Breitscheidplatz when a hijacked lorry drove into the crowd. She was one of 13 people who lost their lives. The family waited three days for DNA confirmation. The attacker was shot dead by Italian police four days later, so there was no trial.
Verdict / confirmation
No trial – perpetrator killed 23 Dec 2016. Bundestag inquiry committee (2021) documented authorities' failures.
Status: No trial
Perpetrator: A 24-year-old Tunisian whose asylum application in Germany had been rejected (deportation stalled for lack of papers). Identified by the Federal Prosecutor (fingerprints, ID in cab); shot dead by Italian police in Sesto San Giovanni on 23 Dec 2016.