{"id":316,"date":"2006-11-10T08:48:17","date_gmt":"2006-11-10T12:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/munichletters\/2006\/11\/10\/letter-from-munich-289\/"},"modified":"2006-11-16T08:57:20","modified_gmt":"2006-11-16T12:57:20","slug":"letter-from-munich-289","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/munichletters\/2006\/11\/10\/letter-from-munich-289\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter from Munich 289"},"content":{"rendered":"

Letter from Munich – the Joseph Affair \u2013 289<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Dusseldorf, 10 November 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 young man who threatened the television team also received support, in a sense, from Saxony\u2019s Minister President Kurt Biedenkopf, who told the press there were indications right-wing extremists were being paid by the media to create the kind of scene the man had made. Spiegel-TV, one of Germany\u2019s most reliable broadcasters, whose reporters had taped the scene, contemptuously rejected Biedenkopf\u2019s assertion.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven the reaction of one of Germany\u2019s main political parties, the Christian Democratic Union, in the Sebnitz city council and throughout the state of Saxony could only have strengthened the self-confidence of the right-wingers. Three years before this article was written, indications that Joseph had been murdered reached the highest levels of the town government. These indications, however, were all rejected as unfounded, and anyone who made such accusations was dismissed as a \u2018nutcase\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

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 10. November 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

\u201eEr bekam ebenfalls Sch\u00fctzenhilfe von Ministerpr\u00e4sident Biedenkopf. Es gebe Hinweise, erkl\u00e4rte dieser der Presse, dass die Rechten f\u00fcr solche Auftritte von den Medien bezahlt w\u00fcrden – ein Vorwurf den Spiegel-TV, das die Szenen gedreht hatte, mit Verachtung zur\u00fcckwies.<\/p>\n

Auch die Reaktion der in Stadtrat und im Land dominierenden CDU kann das Selbstbewusstsein der Rechten nur st\u00e4rken. Hinweise auf eine Mordtat hatten vor drei Jahren nat\u00fcrlich auch das Rathaus erreicht. Dort wurden aber alle Hinweise darauf abgewiesen und diejenigen, die diese Vorw\u00fcrfe vorbrachten, als \u201aSpinner\u2019 abgetan.\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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