{"id":310,"date":"2006-09-29T07:07:16","date_gmt":"2006-09-29T11:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/munichletters\/2006\/09\/29\/letter-from-munich-283\/"},"modified":"2006-10-05T07:46:33","modified_gmt":"2006-10-05T11:46:33","slug":"letter-from-munich-283","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/munichletters\/2006\/09\/29\/letter-from-munich-283\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter from Munich 283"},"content":{"rendered":"

Letter from Munich – the Joseph Affair \u2013 283<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Dusseldorf, 29 September 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

\u201cAnd now the government of the State of Saxony went on the offensive. Shortly after the district attorney\u2019s press conference, Saxony\u2019s Prime Minister, Kurt Biedenkopf, made a surprise appearance before the press and directed sharp attacks at the media and Pfeiffer, the criminologist from Lower Saxony. The Abdulla-Kantelberg family now took on the role of people who were fouling their own nest, and the people of Sebnitz were the victims, including those who had up until now been suspects in the affair. The latter, after being released from police custody, were even received by Mike Ruckh, the local Christian Democrat mayor. Biedenkopf loudly made the denunciation that the town of Sebnitz had been damaged, and all of eastern Germany had been denigrated. Pfeiffer, who had become Lower Saxony\u2019s justice minister designate, was \u2018negligent\u2019 in the way he had handled \u2018such difficult matters\u2019. Biedenkopf considered him unsuited for the office of justice minister.\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 29. September 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

\u201eNun ging auch die s\u00e4chsische Landesregierung in die Gegenoffensive. Kurz nach der Pressekonferenz der Staatsanwaltschaft trat Ministerpr\u00e4sident Kurt Biedenkopf \u00fcberraschend vor die Presse und richtete schwere Angriffe gegen die Medien und den nieders\u00e4chsischen Kriminologen Pfeiffer. Die Familie Abdulla-Kantelberg erschien nun pl\u00f6tzlich als Nestbeschmutzer, die Bewohner von Sebnitz als Opfer – einschlie\u00dflich der weiterhin unter Tatverdacht Stehenden, die nach ihrer Entlassung aus der Untersuchungshaft vom \u00f6rtlichen CDU-Oberb\u00fcrgermeister Mike Ruckh empfangen wurden. Sebnitz habe Schaden genommen, ganz Ostedeutschland sei verunglimpft worden, wetterte Biedenkopf. Pfeiffer, der designierte Justizminister von Niedersachen, sei \u201afahrl\u00e4ssig mit so schwierigen Fragen\u2019 umgegangen. Er, Biedenkopf, halte ihn nicht geeignet f\u00fcr das Amt des Justizministers.\u201c<\/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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