{"id":384,"date":"2008-02-22T04:01:40","date_gmt":"2008-02-22T08:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/munichletters\/2008\/02\/22\/letter-from-munich-354\/"},"modified":"2008-02-28T06:55:53","modified_gmt":"2008-02-28T10:55:53","slug":"letter-from-munich-354","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/munichletters\/2008\/02\/22\/letter-from-munich-354\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter from Munich 354"},"content":{"rendered":"

Letter from Munich – the Joseph Affair \u2013 354<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Dusseldorf, 22 February 2008<\/p>\n

Dear Mr. Graf, dear friends,<\/p>\n

First Report – Steffen Judzikowski, Wolfgang Kramer, Joe Sperling, \u201eMuegeln unter Verdacht \u2013 Deutsche jagen Auslaender,\u201c ZDF, Frontal 21, Broadcast of 21 August 2007.<\/p>\n

PARTS 4, 5, 6, and 7:<\/p>\n

(Note: The relevance of this article lies in the fact that what happens in a town like Muegeln can also happen in Saxony, in Sebnitz. It can have happened, at the time of Joseph\u2019s death.)<\/p>\n

\u201cAn attack was also launched against the back of the building where the pizza restaurant is. This building is almost one minute away from the tent where the fight started, and to reach it, the attackers had to break through a gate. They must have had not only a knowledge of the street layout but also a firm intent to do harm.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat really happened that night in the tent where the fight began, a fight that ended with fourteen people injured? We met with a young man who claimed that the dispute had started with him.<\/p>\n

\u201cYoung Man: It was all the fault of the ones from India. They started it.<\/p>\n

\u201cJournalist: How?<\/p>\n

\u201cYoung Man: We were just here in the tent, dancing. Then those guys came along and started shoving us and things like that. So I stood up, and they started hitting me and stuff. I got hit with somebody\u2019s fist three times, and I took out some pepper spray and sprayed their eyes. Then things really got going.<\/p>\n

\u201cJournalist: Why did you have pepper spray with you?<\/p>\n

\u201cYoung man: Because I knew something would happen. Just for self-defense. The others, the Nazis, are the ones who went on with it. I kept out.<\/p>\n

\u201cJournalist: There were Nazis here?<\/p>\n

\u201cYoung man: Yeah.<\/p>\n

\u201cJournalist: You knew that Nazis were here?<\/p>\n

\u201cYoung man: Yeah, you recognize them.<\/p>\n

\u201cJournalist: How?<\/p>\n

\u201cYoung man: Yeah, well, everybody knows them!<\/p>\n

\u201cA special police investigation will eventually explain just how harmless the partygoer with the pepper spray really was.<\/p>\n

\u201cIlka Peter, West Saxony police: \u2018I think that it was a situation where people were urging each other on, and then things started to escalate. A few neo-Nazi slogans were shouted, but the people who were doing the shouting didn\u2019t come in and didn\u2019t stay around very long.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cJournalist: The men from India, meanwhile, had already taken refuge in the pizzeria. Then things really got going, according to an eyewitness who does not want to be identified. For about a half hour, it is reported, there were only a few police officers at the entrance to the Pizzeria Piccobello, guarding it from a mob.\u201d<\/p>\n

(First Report – to be continued)<\/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 22. Februar 2008<\/p>\n

Sehr geehrter Herr Graf, sehr geehrte Freunde,<\/p>\n

:Erster Bericht – Steffen Judzikowski, Wolfgang Kramer, Joe Sperling, \u201eM\u00fcgeln unter Verdacht \u2013 Deutsche jagen Ausl\u00e4nder,\u201c ZDF, Frontal 21, Sendung vom 21. August 2007.<\/p>\n

TEILE 4, 5, 6 und 7:<\/p>\n

(Bemerkung: Die Relevanz dieses Artikels liegt darin, dass das, was in Berlin passiert, kann auch in Sachsen, in Sebnitz, passieren. Es kann passiert sein, zur Zeit des Todes Josephs.)<\/p>\n

\u201eDie Verfolger griffen auch von der Geb\u00e4uder\u00fcckseite an \u2013 fast eine Minute Weg, dazwischen ein Tor, das aufgebrochen werden musste \u2013 das setzt Ortskenntnis und feste Absicht voraus. <\/p>\n

Was ist wirklich passiert in der Nacht, als der Streit im Festzelt begann, und mit insgesamt 14 Verletzten im Tumult endete? Wir treffen einen Jugendlichen, der behauptet, mit ihm habe die Auseinandersetzung begonnen.<\/p>\n

O-Ton Jugendlicher: Die Inder waren doch selber dran schuld. Die haben doch angefangen. <\/p>\n

O-Ton Frontal21: Wieso? <\/p>\n

O-Ton Jugendlicher: Na ja, wir waren hier im Festzelt, waren wir tanzen. Na, dann kamen sie an uns zu schubsen und so was. Na ja, dann stand ich drau\u00dfen, dann haben sie mich angefangen zu schlagen und so. Dann habe ich drei, vier Faustschl\u00e4ge abgekriegt. Na, dann habe ich\u2019s Pfefferspray rausgeholt und denen in die Augen gespr\u00fcht und dann ging\u2019s schon los.<\/p>\n

O-Ton Frontal21: Warum hatten Sie Pfefferspray? <\/p>\n

O-Ton Jugendlicher: Weil ich wusste, dass was losgeht. Als Notwehr. Die Anderen, die Nazis haben dann weitergemacht, ich hab mich dann rausgehalten. <\/p>\n

O-Ton Frontal21: Es waren Nazis hier? <\/p>\n

O-Ton Jugendlicher: Ja. <\/p>\n

O-Ton Frontal21: Sie wussten, dass hier Nazis sind? <\/p>\n

O-Ton Jugendlicher: Sieht man eigentlich. <\/p>\n

O-Ton Frontal21: Woran? <\/p>\n

O-Ton Jugendlicher: Na ja, die sind schon bekannt!<\/p>\n

Wie harmlos dieser pfefferspraybewaffnete Partyg\u00e4nger wirklich war, wird die Polizei-Sonderermittlungsgruppe kl\u00e4ren. <\/p>\n

O-Ton Ilka Peter, Polizeidirektion Westsachsen: Ich denke mal, das ist eine Situation gewesen, die sich hochgeschaukelt hat, die dann angefangen hat zu eskalieren. Es sind rechtsradikale Parolen gerufen worden, aber der, der die Parolen gerufen hat, muss noch lange nicht die T\u00fcr eingetreten haben. <\/p>\n

(Journalist:) Die Inder hatten sich inzwischen in der Pizzeria verschanzt. Da ging es erst richtig los, berichtet uns ein Augenzeuge, der Angst hat, offen zu sprechen. Rund eine halbe Stunde lang sollen nur ein paar Polizisten den Eingang der Pizzeria Piccobello vor dem Mob gesch\u00fctzt haben.\u201c<\/p>\n

(Erster Bericht – Fortsetzung folgt)<\/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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