{"id":313,"date":"2006-10-20T05:06:38","date_gmt":"2006-10-20T09:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/munichletters\/2006\/10\/20\/letter-from-munich-286\/"},"modified":"2006-10-26T04:33:48","modified_gmt":"2006-10-26T08:33:48","slug":"letter-from-munich-286","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/munichletters\/2006\/10\/20\/letter-from-munich-286\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter from Munich 286"},"content":{"rendered":"

Letter from Munich – the Joseph Affair \u2013 286<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Dusseldorf, 20 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

\u201cRenate Kantelberg has indignantly rejected the idea that witnesses were bought. On the contrary, she said, she had impressed upon all the witnesses that they must not say anything that they could not remember exactly. She said that at most she had given them a package of cough drops or a packet of cigarettes.<\/p>\n

\u201cExactly what happened on 13 June 1997 at the Sebnitz swimming pool cannot at present be determined, and probably never will be, since the Dresden chief public prosecutor now retains all control over any investigations. However, no one can ignore the fact that the neo-Nazis continue to carry on their atrocious activities in Sebnitz and feel that they are stronger than ever, especially since the former Minister-President of Saxony, Kurt Biedenkopf, while still in office, made his statement casting doubt on the idea that the circumstances of Joseph\u2019s death were anything other than an accident.\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 20. 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

\u201eRenate Kantelberg hat den Verdacht, Zeugenaussagen seien gekauft worden, mit Emp\u00f6rung zur\u00fcckgewiesen. Sie habe den Zeugen im Gegenteil eingesch\u00e4rft, nichts auszusagen, woran sie sich nicht genau erinnern k\u00f6nnen, und ihnen zum Dank h\u00f6chstens eine Packung Hustenbonbons oder eine P\u00e4ckchen Zigaretten geschenkt.<\/p>\n

Was am 13. Juni 1997 im Freibad Sebnitz genau geschehen ist, l\u00e4sst sich gegenw\u00e4rtig nicht eindeutig feststellen und wird, nachdem die Generalstaatsanwaltschaft in Dresden die Ermittlungen wieder an sich gezogen hat, m\u00f6glicherweise auch nie festzustellen sein. Dass aber Neonazis in dieser Stadt ihr Unwesen treiben und sich nach dem Auftreten Biedenkopfs noch st\u00e4rker f\u00fchlen werden, l\u00e4sst sich nicht \u00fcbersehen.\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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