{"id":272,"date":"2006-06-13T10:43:30","date_gmt":"2006-06-13T14:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/munichletters\/letter-from-munich-104\/"},"modified":"2006-06-13T10:43:30","modified_gmt":"2006-06-13T14:43:30","slug":"letter-from-munich-104","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/munichletters\/letter-from-munich-104\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter from Munich – 104"},"content":{"rendered":"

Letter from Munich – the Joseph Affair \u2013 104<\/strong><\/p>\n

EINE DEUTSCHE FASSUNG STEHT WEITER UNTEN.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.joseph_affair.blogspot.com <\/p>\n

3 January 2003 <\/p>\n

Dear Mr. Graf, dear friends,<\/p>\n

A friend of mine read out an official \u201cRemark\u201d prepared by the homicide squad at Dresden Police Headquarters. The document is dated 26 November 2000:<\/p>\n

\u201cOn instructions from the district attorney, Herr Flockerzi, and accompanied by Detective Superintendent Strohschein, the undersigned traveled to Sebnitz in order to pick up Daniel Steiner, born on 9 March 1985 and residing at Hertigswalder Str 23 in 01855 Sebnitz, for questioning at Dresden Police Headquarters.\u201d<\/p>\n

My friend told us that we should note that this questioning took place five days after the questioning of 21 November 2000, before a judge and the Dresden district attorney, in which Daniel described in detail what happened at the swimming pool on the day Joseph died, and in which he discussed his fears that certain right-wing individuals would retaliate against him for his testimony about Joseph\u2019s murder.<\/p>\n

Then my friend continued reading: \u201cAfter the undersigned had rung the door bell around 1 p.m. at the Reichel\/Steiner residence, Daniel Steiner answered over the intercom.<\/p>\n

\u201cDaniel then came down and opened the door. To the question as to whether his mother was at home, Daniel answered no. Daniel said she had gone away. At the same time, a male individual entering the back door of the house next door observed the proceedings. Daniel greeted this individual. A moment later it turned out that he was Herr Juergen Reichel, the partner of Frau Steiner, Daniel\u2019s mother.\u201d<\/p>\n

Continued next week.<\/p>\n

Sincerely yours,<\/p>\n

Robert John Bennett<\/p>\n

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Since many recipients of this letter may read German more easily than they read English, the following is the author\u2019s translation of the above letter. Please note that word-processing programs outside of German-speaking countries may not display all of the letters of the German alphabet correctly.<\/p>\n

Alle Briefe aus M\u00fcnchen sind abrufbar: http:\/\/www.joseph_affair.blogspot.com <\/p>\n

M\u00fcnchen, den 3. Januar 2003<\/p>\n

Sehr geehrter Herr Graf, sehr geehrte Freunde,<\/p>\n

ein Bekannter las einen \u201eVermerk\u201c vor, von dem Polizeipr\u00e4sidium Dresden, Kriminalpolizeiinspektion, Mordkommission. Dieses Dokument tr\u00e4gt das Datum vom 26.11.2000:<\/p>\n

\u201eAuf Weisung des zust\u00e4ndigen Staatsanwaltes, Herrn Flockerzi, fuhr der Uz. in Begleitung des KHK Strohschein nach Sebnitz, um den Steiner, Daniel, geb. am 09.03.1985, whft.: Hertigswalder Str 23, in 01855 Sebnitz, zu einer erforderlichen Zeugenvernehmung in das Polizeipr\u00e4sidium Dresden zu holen.\u201c<\/p>\n

Mein Bekannter hat uns gesagt, wir sollten bemerken, dass diese Zeugenvernehmung f\u00fcnf Tage nach der Vernehmung vom 26.11.2000 vor der Richterin und dem Staatsanwalt in Dresden stattfand, wo Daniel alles ausf\u00fchrlich beschrieb, was im Schwimmbad passierte, am Tag, wo Joseph starb und wo Daniel erw\u00e4hnte seine Angst davor, dass gewisse Rechte an ihn Vergeltung \u00fcber w\u00fcrden, weil er \u00fcber Josephs Mord unter Eid ausgesagt hatte.<\/p>\n

Dann hat mein Bekannter weiter vorgelesen: \u201eNachdem der Uz. gegen 13.00 Uhr bei Reichel\/Steiner an der Haust\u00fcr geklingelt hatte, meldete sich \u00fcber die Wechselsprechanlage Daniel Steiner.<\/p>\n

Daniel kam daraufhin herunter und \u00f6ffnete die Haust\u00fcr. Die Frage, ob die Mutter zu Hause w\u00e4re, verneinte er. Daniel bemerkte, dass sie weggefahren w\u00e4re. Zur selben Zeit beobachtete eine m\u00e4nnliche Person, welche durch den Hintereingang das Haus 22 betrat, das Geschehen. Daniel begr\u00fc\u00dfte diese Person. Wie sich wenig sp\u00e4ter herausstellte, handelte es sich dabei, um den Lebensgef\u00e4hrten der Frau Steiner, den Herr J\u00fcrgen Reichel\u201c.<\/p>\n

Fortsetzung n\u00e4chste Woche.<\/p>\n

Mit freundlichen Gr\u00fc\u00dfen<\/p>\n

Robert John Bennett<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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