{"id":300,"date":"2006-07-21T03:28:48","date_gmt":"2006-07-21T07:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/munichletters\/2006\/07\/21\/letter-from-munich-273\/"},"modified":"2006-07-28T04:21:40","modified_gmt":"2006-07-28T08:21:40","slug":"letter-from-munich-273","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/munichletters\/2006\/07\/21\/letter-from-munich-273\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter from Munich 273"},"content":{"rendered":"

Letter from Munich – the Joseph Affair \u2013 273<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Dusseldorf, 21 July 2006<\/p>\n

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

A friend of mine showed me once again the following article from the World Socialist Web Site (www.wsws.org\/de\/2000\/nov2000\/jose-n30.shtml):<\/p>\n

Death of the Six-Year-Old Joseph Abdulla<\/p>\n

A Lesson about Right-Wing Dominance in Eastern Germany<\/p>\n

By Dietmar Henning<\/p>\n

The case of the death of six-year-old Joseph Abdulla in the small eastern German town of Sebnitz is a warning. Independently of the final real circumstances of his death, this case shows how far advanced the dominance of right-wing gangs is in eastern Germany \u2013 because of the support they\u2019ve received from government authorities and the mainstream Christian Democrat party.<\/p>\n

The boy Joseph \u2013 like two hundred other residents of Sebnitz \u2013 was at the local public swimming pool on 13 June 1997 with his sister, who was then twelve years old. The six-year-old boy, the son of a German-Iraqi couple, registered pharmacists by profession, who had only a year earlier settled in this picturesque town, fifty kilometers south of Dresden on the Czech border, died that day. Exactly how he died has been the subject of discussion not only in Germany.<\/p>\n

Continued next week.<\/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><\/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 21. Juli 2006<\/p>\n

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

ein Bekannter hat mir den folgenden Artikel von der World Socialist Web Site (www.wsws.org\/de\/2000\/nov2000\/jose-n30.shtml) gezeigt:<\/p>\n

Der Tod des sechsj\u00e4hrigen Joseph Abdulla<\/p>\n

Ein Lehrst\u00fcck \u00fcber die Ursachen rechter Dominanz in Ostdeutschland<\/p>\n

Von Dietmar Henning<\/p>\n

Der Todesfall des sechsj\u00e4hrigen Joseph Abdulla im ostdeutschen Kleinst\u00e4dtchen Sebnitz in der S\u00e4chsischen Schweiz ist eine Warnung. Unabh\u00e4ngig von den letztendlich tats\u00e4chlichen Umst\u00e4nden seines Todes zeigt dieser Fall, wie weit fortgeschritten die Dominanz der rechten Banden in Ostdeutschland ist – mit Unterst\u00fctzung der staatlichen Beh\u00f6rden und der CDU.<\/p>\n

Der kleine Joseph besuchte wie 200 weitere Sebnitzer B\u00fcrger am 13. Juni 1997 mit seiner damals zw\u00f6lfj\u00e4hrigen Schwester das \u00f6rtliche Freibad. Der sechsj\u00e4hrige Junge, Sohn eines irakisch-deutschen Apotheker-Ehepaares, das sich erst ein Jahr zuvor in diesem mittelalterlich-romantischen St\u00e4dtchen, 50 Kilometer s\u00fcd\u00f6stlich von Dresden an der tschechischen Grenze niedergelassen hatte, starb an diesem Tag. Wie, das ist derzeit Thema nicht nur in Deutschland.<\/p>\n

Fortsetzung n\u00e4chste Woche.<\/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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