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 1995: The publishing house BASTEI published a series of horror stories called “Geisterjaeger (ghost hunters).” One of the stories carried a cover which depicts the word “Scientology” changing into a demon. February 1995, Karlsruhe: In a ruling concerning a businessman who is a Scientologist, the Court of Appeal of Karlsruhe justified public ostracism by a newspaper against a company owned by the Scientologist, reasoning that the public should know that they are dealing with a Scientologist before they decide to do business with him. May 1995: An article appeared in the newspaper Offenbach Post with the headline: “Yesterday — Scientology-free City.” June 1995: Mrs. S., who worked with an organization that applied the educational discoveries of L. Ron Hubbard, stated that despite signing a contract with the magazine Rodenkirchen-Koelner Bilder-Bogen to place ads, the magazine reneged on the contract and stopped the ads. November 1995: Scientologist Mr. G. Z., a dentist, lived in a small town in Germany. After his Scientology membership became known, a campaign was started against him by clergy and politicians. They organized an event attended by 1,000 people with TV and newspapers present, whipped up hatred against him because of his religion and prevented him from buying a piece of land that belonged to the city. May 1996: A local newspaper reported that two “wasp nests” exist in the community. One, a riding school run by a Scientologist; the second, a pub whose owner is a Scientologist. The pub owner had refused to allow CDU demonstrators to hang an anti-Scientology sign in the pub. July 1996, Arnum: A Scientologist, who planned to open a bakery in Arnum, reported that an anonymous flier was distributed in his town warning people off the new bakery. July 1996: Extremist Federal MP Renate Rennebach stated that a father who is a member of a new religious movement, even if separated from a wife who has custody of the child, may still influence the child. She urged that this be forbidden. This politician is the “sect spokesperson” for the Social Democratic Party of Germany. August 1996: The magazine Bunte published an article entitled, “How to Detect a Scientologist?” It gives 13 characteristics which supposedly identify Scientologists, taken from a list compiled by Ursula Caberta, head of the “Working Group Scientology” in the Office of the Interior in the Hamburg Senate. Next
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