1994, Stuttgart: Mrs. A. is an American citizen who has lived in Germany for several years. Since September 1985, she has worked at the State Theater in Stuttgart as a dancer with the Stuttgart Ballet. Her husband, born in Geneva, Switzerland, joined the ballet in 1989. To support an anti-drug campaign by the Church of Scientology Stuttgart, they performed at an event held by the Church. Local newspapers reported their involvement and a representative of the CDU Young Union then issued a press release that two dancers from the Stuttgart State Theater were Scientologists and urged the State Theater to dismiss them. This representative also called the theater director and angrily demanded that the Scientologists be fired. The director informed her that Germany is a democracy and that people were entitled to follow the religion of their choice.
1994, Stuttgart: Mrs. S., a Belgium citizen and ballet dancer, suffered harassment at the John Cranco School, where she obtained a diploma in ballet. Two teachers denounced her for her beliefs, including one who screamed that she needed to leave her boyfriend simply because he was a Scientologist. Soon afterward, derogatory information on Scientology from the Ministry of Culture in Stuttgart was posted on the school notice board.
July 1995, Hamburg: An American citizen, M. L., was refused permission to open a bank account at the Commerzbank branch at Steindamm in Hamburg.
July 1995: The bank account of M. B., another American citizen, was closed by Commerzbank solely due to her religious beliefs.
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