{"id":299,"date":"2006-07-14T05:26:16","date_gmt":"2006-07-14T09:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/munichletters\/2006\/07\/14\/letter-from-munich-272\/"},"modified":"2006-07-20T03:45:11","modified_gmt":"2006-07-20T07:45:11","slug":"letter-from-munich-272","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/munichletters\/2006\/07\/14\/letter-from-munich-272\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter from Munich 272"},"content":{"rendered":"

Letter from Munich – the Joseph Affair \u2013 272<\/strong><\/p>\n

EINE DEUTSCHE FASSUNG STEHT WEITER UNTEN. (German translation below \u2013 German language character set required for correct display.)<\/p>\n

Dusseldorf, 14 July 2006<\/p>\n

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

Continuation of the letter of last week:<\/p>\n

\u201cMy son was also one of those children whom Nazis robbed of life.<\/p>\n

\u201cMr. President, please do not close your eyes to the past, because that past is still part of the present in Germany. What you profess in public should be matched by your deeds. There is always room to act, and I hope you will remain aware of what you can do and what powers you have.<\/p>\n

\u201cI appeal to you once again to use all of the means at your disposal to help my family out of the awful situation we find ourselves in through no fault of our own. Please do not abdicate your responsibility.<\/p>\n

\u201cAgain, I am placing my hopes in you.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost respectfully yours,<\/p>\n

\u201cPD Dr. Saad Abdulla<\/p>\n

\u201cPhotocopies to:<\/p>\n

\u201cFormer German President Johannes Rau
German Chancellor Gerhard Schr\u00f6der
German Bundestag President Wolfgang Thierse
The Arab League
The Iraqi Parliament
Chairman of the Central Council of German Jews, Paul Spiegel
Al-Jazeera Broadcasting Corporation
Minister-President Georg Milbradt, of Saxony
Headquarters of the Social Democratic Party in Saxony
Headquarters of the Party of Democratic Socialism in Saxony<\/p>\n

END OF LETTER by Dr. Saad Abdulla<\/p>\n

Sincerely yours,<\/p>\n

Robert John Bennett<\/p>\n

Ernst-Gnoss-Strasse 22<\/p>\n

40219 Dusseldorf<\/p>\n

Germany<\/p>\n

Telephone: +49 211 586 4847<\/p>\n

Mobile: +49 152 0285 4626<\/p>\n

E-Mail: rjbennett@post.harvard.edu<\/p>\n

Websites: http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/MunichLetters<\/p>\n

http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/Germany2\/<\/p>\n

NOTE: The following letter was written by Saad and Renate Kantelberg-Abdulla, the parents of the boy Joseph (original German text below \/ deutsche Version liegt unten):<\/p>\n

Dear Bob,<\/p>\n

We are looking for an attorney experienced in international law who could represent us in the following:<\/p>\n

A lawsuit for obstructing the investigation of a racially-motivated murder,<\/p>\n

A lawsuit for damages resulting from our expulsion from the town of Sebnitz, in Germany, a town that allows only \u201cAryan Germans\u201d, in a \u201cforeigner-free\u201d zone.<\/p>\n

We are paying the mortgage on our house at Rosenstrasse 11 in Sebnitz, although we no longer live there. Eurohyp A.G. in Leipzig has threatened us with foreclosure, at an enormous loss for us, in which case we would be still be obligated to pay the remainder of the mortgage. In our second house in Sebnitz, at Hertigswalder Strasse 22, right-wing radicals are harassing our renters, in order to drive them from the building.<\/p>\n

It is our understanding that the lawsuits we are considering could perhaps be brought before a court in the United States under the Alien Tort Claims Act of 1789.<\/p>\n

We urgently need a contact address, preferably an e-mail address.<\/p>\n

Sincerely,<\/p>\n

Saad and Renate<\/p>\n

majoskant@t-online.de<\/em><\/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:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/MunichLetters<\/p>\n

D\u00fcsseldorf, den 14. Juli 2006<\/p>\n

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

Fortsetzung des Briefes:<\/p>\n

\u201eSehr geehrter Herr Bundespr\u00e4sident, schlie\u00dfen Sie bitte nicht die Augen vor dieser Vergangenheit, sie ist immer noch deutsche Gegenwart. Lassen Sie Ihrem \u00f6ffentlichen Auftreten auch Taten folgen. Es besteht immer ein Handlungsspielraum und ich hoffe, Sie werden diesen wahrnehmen.<\/p>\n

Ich appelliere nochmals an Sie, alle Ihrer Macht zur Verf\u00fcgung stehenden Mittel und M\u00f6glichkeiten zu nutzen und meiner Familie aus dieser misslichen Lage zu helfen. Bitte versuchen Sie sich nicht Ihrer Verantwortung zu entziehen.<\/p>\n

Ich hoffe auf eine konstruktive L\u00f6sung Ihrerseits in dieser Angelegenheit.<\/p>\n

Hochachtungsvoll<\/p>\n

PD Dr. Saad Abdulla\u201c<\/p>\n

Photokopien an :<\/p>\n

den ehemaligen Bundespr\u00e4sidenten Herrn Rau
den Bundeskanzler Herrn Schr\u00f6der
den Bundestagspr\u00e4sidenten Herrn Thierse
die Arabische Liga
das irakische Parlament
den Vorsitzenden des Zentralrats der Juden Herrn Spiegel \/ Berlin
den Sender Al Jazeera
den s\u00e4chsischen Ministerpr\u00e4sidenten Herrn Prof. Dr. Georg Milbradt
die s\u00e4chsische SPD-Parteizentrale
die s\u00e4chsische PDS-Parteizentrale<\/p>\n

ENDE DES BRIEFES von Herrn Dr. Saad Abdulla<\/p>\n

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

Robert John Bennett<\/p>\n

Ernst-Gnoss-Strasse 22<\/p>\n

40219 Dusseldorf<\/p>\n

Germany<\/p>\n

Telephone: +49 211 586 4847<\/p>\n

Mobile: +49 152 0285 4626<\/p>\n

E-Mail: rjbennett@post.harvard.edu<\/p>\n

Websites: http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/MunichLetters<\/p>\n

http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/Germany2\/<\/p>\n

Dies ist die urspr\u00fcngliche Version eines Briefes von Josephs Eltern, Saad und Renate Kantelberg-Abdulla:<\/p>\n

Lieber Bob,<\/p>\n

Wir suchen einen international t\u00e4tigen Rechtsanwalt, der uns in folgenden Punkten vertritt:<\/p>\n

1. Anklage wegen Vereitelung der Ermittlung eines rassistischen Mordes in Deutschland,<\/p>\n

2. Anklage auf Schadenersatz wegen Vertreibung aus der deutschen Stadt Sebnitz, eine Stadt, die nur reinrassische, so genannte \u201earische Deutsche\u201c in einer \u201eAusl\u00e4nderfrei Zone\u201c zul\u00e4sst.<\/p>\n

Wir bezahlen die Schulden f\u00fcr unser Haus in der Rosenstr. 11 in Sebnitz, obwohl wir nicht drin wohnen. Die Eurohyp in Leipzig droht schon wieder mit Zwangsversteigerung, nat\u00fcrlich mit hohen Verlusten, wobei man uns dann noch dazu verpflichten will, f\u00fcr die Restschulden aufzukommen. In unserem zweiten Haus in der Hertigswalder Str.22 in Sebnitz schikanieren Rechtsradikale unsere Mieter, um diese Mieter zu vertreiben.<\/p>\n

Wir verstehen, dass die Anklagen, die wir in Betracht ziehen, vor Gericht in den Vereinigten Staaten gebracht werden k\u00f6nnten, durch das Schadenersatzforderungsgestz f\u00fcr Ausl\u00e4nder (\u201eAlien Tort Claims Act of 1789\u201c).<\/p>\n

Wir brauchen dringend eine Kontaktadresse (E-Mail-Adresse).<\/p>\n

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

Saad und Renate<\/p>\n

majoskant@t-online.de<\/em><\/p>\n

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