Christian Markert
How The German Government Used A Convicted Criminal To Create A Propaganda Campaign Reminiscent of A Former Propaganda Minister
On June 20, 2007, a very strange press conference was held in the Berlin Parliament House involving a known human rights violator, Ursula Caberta (a Hamburg government official), Thomas Gandow, a former German communist turned anti-sect propagandist for the state supported Lutheran Church and a Mr. Schiemann, a member of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution (German domestic intelligence).
A surprise guest was one Christian Markert, who had concocted an elaborate but false story that he had been a long-time Scientologist who had secret information. In fact, no one from the Church seems to have ever heard of a Christian Markert, so how did he come to be making such wild claims at a German press conference?
Apparently the folks at Religious Freedom Watch had the same question and have revealed that Markert’s story is a fairy tale and that Markert has an extensive criminal record and a history of conning people.
Markert’s criminal history includes the following:
- 12 June 1997, the Trial Court of Meaux (Paris, France) convicts Christian Markert of fraud and sentences him to 18 months in jail.
- February 1997, German authorities issue an arrest warrant against Christian Markert, based on a 9 April and 29 November 1996 warrant issued by the court in Essen, Germany. The first warrant cites five instances of Markert’s illegal activities. The second, expanded warrant includes eight counts for various forms of fraud.
- 18 June 1997, Christian Markert is officially notified of the various outstanding arrest warrants in Germany.
- 10 July 1997, the German court issues an extradition request against Christian Markert.
- June 1998, Christian Markert brings a case before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) against France. His case was not accepted by the European Court.
- 13 August 1998, Christian Markert is officially notified of the extradition request.
- 3 May 1999, Christian Markert is extradited to Germany.
This incident exposes a sordid tale of deception and propaganda by German government officials to destroy human rights for Scientologists guaranteed under the German Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Ms. Caberta and Mr. Schiemann should be summarily dismissed for their part in creating and executing this hate campaign using a criminal as a pawn to put out such falsehoods.
It is also time for the Lutheran Church to wake up and smell the coffee and get rid of bigots such as Mr. Gandow who does their cause no favors.
The full story can be found at www.religiousfreedomwatch.org
Filed under: Christian Markert, Mr. Schiemann, Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Religious Freedom Watch, Thomas Gandow, Ursula Caberta, anti-religious extremist, human rights abuse
It is German bigots like these (Caberta, Schiemann and Gandow) that give all of Germany a bad name. Can’t they learn that religious discrimination was a thing of the past?
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