SECTION X. BODILY ATTACKS AND DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY

iolence against Jews was a characteristic of the Nazi terror that preceded the Holocaust. Its perpetrators drew sanction for their actions from the government’s anti-Semitic policy — the worst excesses, in fact, were ordered by the Nazi government itself. Today, violence against the Church of Scientology and its parishioners is an inevitable consequence of the policy of systemic discrimination practiced by the German government and the hate propaganda the government incites.

1990: Acid was thrown into a building where a Scientologist lived, resulting in respiratory damage to several of the building’s residents. A bomb threat preceded this assault.

Spring 1990, Gronau: The shop windows of a bookshop in Gronau were smashed. A note was left at the site stating that the attack was a protest against a “Dianetics” book display.

April 1990: The windows of the Scientology Mission in Kiel were smashed and the walls smeared with anti-Scientology slogans after WDR-TV broadcast a show with intentionally distorted information about the Church of Scientology.

September 1990: A Scientologist’s car had red paint poured over it while he was lecturing on Scientology, causing 1.000 DM damage.

1991, Hamburg: Within a one-week period, the windows of 11 cars parked in front of the Church of Scientology in Hamburg were smashed.

1991, Ulm: A female staff member of the Scientology mission in Ulm reported frequent instances of harassment. In one case, a man knocked down her bookstand. She stated that priests and teachers were usually found to be the source behind the antagonism.

February 1991: A bus owned by a Scientologist carrying a Dianetics sign had its tires slashed.

July 1991: A stink-bomb was thrown into the premises of a real estate company run by Scientologists.

Summer 1991, Hamburg: The rooms of the Information Center of the Church of Scientology in Eppendorf Hamburg were vandalized by unknown persons. Windows, books, a VCR and computer were destroyed. Damage amounted to 25.000 DM.

October 1991, Munich: A man in military uniform entered the Church of Scientology in Munich and assaulted the receptionist and another staff member. Both individuals were seriously injured and required hospital treatment.

November 1991: Two Scientology missionaries were called “sect pigs” and beaten up by thugs.

December 1991, Hamburg: On New Year’s Eve, juveniles from a protestant community house threw fireworks into the Hamburg Church and attacked and seriously injured two Scientologists. Cars belonging to Scientologists were vandalized and the windows of the Church were smashed with big stones. The police were informed and one of the perpetrators apprehended, but the case was dismissed.

December 1991, Seedorf: A Scientologist attended an “enlightenment event about Scientology” in Seedorf, where hatred was whipped up against Scientologists. After he stated that he was a Scientologist, he was seized and told to leave because he was “unwanted.”

1992, Hanover: The glass door of the Church of Scientology in Hanover was repeatedly smashed.

January 1992, Hamburg: Three youths entered the information center of the Church of Scientology in Hamburg, threatened the only person present with a knife and sprayed tear gas in his face. Half an hour later they returned, forced their way in and overturned the bookshelves. Police investigation revealed that the young people had received negative “enlightenment” about new religions at their school.

May 1992, Hamburg: The walls of the building of the Church of Scientology in Hamburg were painted with red and black slogans overnight. A swastika was painted over the picture of a Dianetics book which appears on the side of a bus owned by the Church. A black line was drawn over the entire left side of the bus.

Bodily attacks and destruction of property continued...