{"id":304,"date":"2006-08-18T03:30:17","date_gmt":"2006-08-18T07:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/munichletters\/2006\/08\/18\/letter-from-munich-276-2\/"},"modified":"2006-08-25T04:27:34","modified_gmt":"2006-08-25T08:27:34","slug":"letter-from-munich-276-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/munichletters\/2006\/08\/18\/letter-from-munich-276-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter from Munich 277"},"content":{"rendered":"

Letter from Munich – the Joseph Affair \u2013 277<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Dusseldorf, 18 August 2006<\/p>\n

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

Continuation of the letter of last week (from an article on the World Socialist Website: \u201cDer Tod des sechsjaehrigen Joseph Abdulla\u201d, by Dietmar Henning, 30 November 2000, www.wsws.org\/de\/2000\/nov2000\/jose-n30.shtml):<\/p>\n

\u201cSeveral young people pulled \u2018Joseph violently by his hands from where he was lying, near the hedge\u2019, to the swimming pool\u2019s kiosk. \u2018The rest of the group was waiting at the counter there.\u2019 Joseph was crying and trying to pull himself free. \u2018You foreign pig\u2019, was what was yelled at the six year old boy. Then one of them held him tight, his mouth was forced open, and a girl \u2018poured the liquid into his mouth.\u2019 Joseph tried to run away. He was gripping the outdoor water taps that project out of the shallow water there. \u2018He was wobbly on his feet. He was crying again loudly\u2019. Then all the young people went to him from the kiosk again and \u2018forced his fingers, one by one, away from where he was hanging on\u2019. They carried him wrapped in a towel toward the deep end of the pool. A young woman who was there yelled, \u2018Just do it, throw him in. The shit foreigner\u2019. And that\u2019s what they did. Then two jumped in after him and \u2018jumped around on his back\u2019. \u2018For about ten minutes\u2019.\u201d<\/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><\/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 18. August 2006<\/p>\n

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

Fortsetzung des Briefes (aus einem Artikel auf der World Socialist Website: \u201cDer Tod des sechsjaehrigen Joseph Abdulla\u201d, von Dietmar Henning, 30. November 2000, www.wsws.org\/de\/2000\/nov2000\/jose-n30.shtml):<\/p>\n

\u201eMehrere Jugendliche zerrten Joseph \u201amit Gewalt an seinen H\u00e4nden von seinem Liegeplatz an der Hecke\u2019 zum Imbiss des Freibades. \u201aDort wartete die restliche Gruppe an der Theke.\u2019 Joseph weinte und versuchte, sich loszurei\u00dfen. \u201aDu Ausl\u00e4nderschwein\u2019, wurde der Sechsj\u00e4hrige angeschrieen. Dann hielt ihn einer fest, sein Mund wurde aufgerissen und ein M\u00e4dchen \u201agoss ihm die Fl\u00fcssigkeit in den Mund\u2019. Joseph versuchte zu entfliehen. Er hielt sich krampfhaft an Wasserh\u00e4hnen fest, die aus dem flachen Wasser ragten. \u201aEr war wackelig auf den Beinen. Er heulte wieder\u2019. Dann gingen alle Jugendlichen vom Imbiss wieder zu ihm und l\u00f6sten ihm \u201aeinzeln mit Gewalt die Finger von der Stange\u2019. Sie trugen ihn in ein Handtuch gewickelt zum tiefen Teil des Beckens. Dort schrie eine junge Frau: \u201aNa, macht\u2018s endlich, schmei\u00dft ihn schon rein. Schei\u00df Ausl\u00e4nder\u2019. Die Jugendlichen taten dies. Zwei sprangen hinterher und \u201ahopsten auf seinem R\u00fccken herum\u2019. \u201aUngef\u00e4hr zehn Minuten\u2019.”<\/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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