{"id":318,"date":"2006-11-24T10:34:39","date_gmt":"2006-11-24T14:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/munichletters\/2006\/11\/24\/letter-from-munich-291\/"},"modified":"2006-11-30T09:51:14","modified_gmt":"2006-11-30T13:51:14","slug":"letter-from-munich-291","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/munichletters\/2006\/11\/24\/letter-from-munich-291\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter from Munich 291"},"content":{"rendered":"

Letter from Munich – the Joseph Affair \u2013 291<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Dusseldorf, 24 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

\u201cHeitmann\u2019s successor, Manfred Kolbe, also a member of the Christian Democratic Union, recommended that the town of Sebnitz sue the newspaper \u2018Bild\u2019 for damages, because it was \u2018Bild\u2019 that first wrote a story about the boy Joseph\u2019s case. That such a statement by the Minister of Justice, who is the public prosecutor\u2019s superior, would strengthen neither the public prosecutor\u2019s motivation to investigate the case nor the readiness of witnesses to make any further statements is obvious. Such behavior during an ongoing investigation borders on obstruction of justice or the crime of aiding the perpetrator or perpetrators of an offense by preventing their prosecution.\u201d<\/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 24. 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

\u201eHeitmanns Nachfolger Manfred Kolbe (CDU) hat am vergangenen Montag der Stadt Sebnitz empfohlen, Schadenersatzforderungen gegen die Bild-Zeitung zu stellen, die den Fall ins Rollen gebracht hat. Dass eine solche \u00c4u\u00dferung des Justizministers, des weisungsberechtigten Vorgesetzten der Staatsanwaltschaft, weder den Ermittlungseifer der Staatsanw\u00e4lte noch die Aussagebereitschaft der Zeugen st\u00e4rkt, versteht sich von selbst. Mitten in einem offenen Verfahren grenzt sie an Strafvereitelung.\u201d<\/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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