News American Citizens Targeted U.S. Court Slams German Human Rights Abuser Religious Minorities portrayed as insects Result of the Hate Campaign Publications Freedom Human Rights Journal (in German) Menschenrechtsbuero (in German)					Home > Publications > Intolerance & Discrimination Against the Scientology Community in Germany Today Intolerance & Discrimination Against the Scientology Community in Germany Today October 1992: A well known company named BASF dismissed Dr. P. because he is a parishioner of the Church of Scientology. As a justification, Dr. P. was accused of engaging in industrial espionage. Based on such rumors spread by two anti-Scientology activists, a search was conducted in Dr. P’s work environment by the local police accompanied by a state attorney and he was jailed for half a day. The incident was publicized and his reputation ruined. One year later, it was established that all accusations against him were false. But meanwhile he became a social outcast, without a job. His house was auctioned off by the bank. August 1993: The managing director of Volksfuersorge (a welfare services organization) informed a trainee, Mr. F., that he would not be hired because the director had learned he was a Scientologist. July 1994: Mr. S., an employee of the German bank Commerzbank, was dismissed without notice. He had faxed his father a copy of a June 1994 order from the Hamburg Senior State Prosecutor which dismissed, on grounds of no evidence, a criminal complaint against the Church of Scientology. After Der Spiegel magazine found out about and reported his action, the branch manager fired him. September 1994: A Scientologist who held a position on the board of a trade association was given a vote of “no confidence” by the association, on the grounds that her membership of the Church, if publicly known, would ruin the association’s ability to market its product in Germany. She had to resign from the board. December 1994: Scientologist Mr. N. received a letter from a company prematurely concluding their business arrangement. The company claimed that they did not know when making the arrangement that Mr. N. is a member of the Church of Scientology. 1995: Mr. G. had worked as technical project manager for Fraunhofer Gesellschaft since 1988. (The company is one of the largest firms engaged in applied industry research in Germany and has a turnover of 1 billion per year.) In 1993, a series of discriminatory actions began against him based on his membership of the Church of Scientology, resulting in his resignation in 1995. January 1995: Scientologist Mr. T. received a letter from his Carnivals Club demanding that he give a written declaration that he is not connected to the Church of Scientology. Scientologists are banned from the club. January 1995, Berlin: A Christian Democratic Union (CDU) official was denied an administrative appointment in the Berlin Senate because he had taken a course in Scientology more than 20 years previously. February 1995: The newspaper Stuttgarter Nachrichten reported that the Hirschmann company fired an employee because of his membership in the Church of Scientology. In the article, the press speaker of Hirschmann asked the boss of the anti-Scientology organization, ABI, to give him further names of “suspected” Scientologists in his company so he “can do something against Scientology.” Unfair dismissal because of religious belief continued...
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