Enver Şimşek (4 December 1961 – 11 September 2000) was a Turkish-born businessman in Germany who was the first victim of the series of murders by the National Socialist Underground (NSU) terrorist group.
Semiya Şimşek chronicled the story of her family's suffering after the death of her father and the interactions by the investigators with relatives in her 2013 book Schmerzliche Heimat: Deutschland und der Mord an meinem Vater ("Painful Homeland: Germany and the murder of my father"), which became the basis for the 2016 ARD television film NSU German History X: Die Opfer – Vergesst mich nicht ("The Victims - Don't forget me").
[6] The plaque was later stolen by unknown persons and the group "Das Schweigen durchbrechen" (Breaking the Silence) installed a sign with a picture of showing Şimşek.
[7] In Zwickau in Saxony, the last place where the core trio of the NSU lived underground, a European oak was planted on 8 September 2019 in memory of Enver Şimşek on the Ziegelwiese in the northern part of the Swan Pond Park.
The mayor of Zwickau, Pia Findeiß [de], spoke of the "intolerance, a lack of understanding of democracy and contempt for victims of terrorism and their relatives" demonstrated by this act.
[10] Barbara John [de], ombudsperson for NSU victims appointed by the German government, regards this as evidence for existence of networks that approve of the murders.