Being hunted trough the city, Raúl Garcia Paret and Delfin Guerra died in Merseburg on 12th August 1979. On occasion of the 40th anniversary of their death, the Initiative 12th August was founded and arranged a first public memorial in 2019. The initiative deals with racism and racist violence in the GDR. Since racism needs to be seen and named as what it is, their main demand is a societal and legal accounting of racist killings in the GDR. In addition, they campaign for adequate compensations for the victim's families and former contract workers in the GDR.