{"id":311,"date":"2006-10-06T05:50:01","date_gmt":"2006-10-06T09:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/munichletters\/2006\/10\/06\/letter-from-munich-284\/"},"modified":"2006-10-11T02:10:19","modified_gmt":"2006-10-11T06:10:19","slug":"letter-from-munich-284","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/munichletters\/2006\/10\/06\/letter-from-munich-284\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter from Munich 284"},"content":{"rendered":"

Letter from Munich – the Joseph Affair \u2013 284<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Dusseldorf, 6 October 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

\u201cThe statement by the chief public prosecutor in Dresden, who had by this time terminated the original investigation into the Joseph Abdulla case, is full of blatant errors. There is no mention of the fact that the main witness against the accused, who on 16 October had repeated his statements in sworn testimony before a judge in a cross-examination that lasted four hours, completely retracted that testimony before the local district attorney only five weeks later. Couldn\u2019t the climate of intimidation that had prevailed in Sebnitz since the case became known have played a role here?\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

Kantelberg-Abdulla E-Mail: majoskant@t-online.de<\/p>\n

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

http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/Germany2\/<\/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 6. Oktober 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

\u201eDie Erkl\u00e4rung der Dresdener Generalstaatsanwaltschaft, die bereits die urspr\u00fcnglichen Ermittlungen im Fall Joseph Abdulla eingestellt hatte, strotz von offensichtlichen Widerspr\u00fcchen. So ist nicht einzusehen, weshalb der Hauptbelastungszeuge, der noch am 16. Oktober seine Aussagen in einer vierst\u00fcndigen richterlichen Vernehmung best\u00e4tigt hatte, nur f\u00fcnf Wochen sp\u00e4ter vor der Staatsanwaltschaft v\u00f6llig umgekippt sein soll. K\u00f6nnte hier nicht das Klima der Einsch\u00fcchterung, das seit dem Bekannt werden des Falles in Sebnitz herrscht, eine Rolle gespielt haben?\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

Kantelberg-Abdulla E-Mail: majoskant@t-online.de<\/p>\n

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

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

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