Munich Germany. 19 February 1998

The Picket Report
Zeitungsartikel auf Deutsch
A newspaper article from Munich translated into English.

01 Outside the Munich Police Headquarters.
02 Taken from the window of the men's bathroom. This is the inside area of the Police Department with spires of Cathedral in the background.
03 The Munich org. One block off from the main street. A 4-story, almost empty building until I showed up with a picket sign. The photo shows a Police Officer directing traffic.
04 Picketing in front of the org. Sign translated: As A Scientologist I Was Ordered To Kill Two People.
05 Officers of the German Federal Police assigned to protect me during the picket.
06 Munich org with Police surveillance. My picket was observed by 3 Police agencies.
07 Uniformed Officers keeping a watchful eye on the org.
08 No picket can happen without the smiling PI running up to take your picture...
09 ...and no picket without the routine DA packs to pass out to the public...
10 ...And, of course, you have to have a church member stalk you and keep a watchful eye. (I confronted this member later and attempted to comm, only for him to stamp away throwing his clipboard at the wall angrily).
11 ...And no picket can be without the OSA photographer filming you. This poor chap was unhappy with me because he had worked the graveyard shift, and was ordered to the scene to film me. Observe my bodyguard in the background.
12 Walking with a different picket sign, translated: "Scientology Hurts Its Own Members. This Is A Religion?". The person's in front of me, to my right and left, are all Law Enforcement Officers.
13 ...And no picket would be enjoyed without the presence of a scientology official. This is Sabine Weber, the PR director for "Clear Germany". Her husband is OSA Director for Germany and confers frequently with Mike Rinder. In the photograph, Sabine is reacting to my knowledge of who she is after she approached me as an innocent bystander wanting to ask me a question. The man behind Sabine is German journalist Peter Reichelt. Mr. Reichelt was arrested by Ken Hoden during the Los Angeles picket March 1998.
14 "Helmgart", Munich Org President who agreed to have his picture taken with me. Man on his left is a university student.
15 Here, Helmgart is ordering a Munich Police Officer to arrest me by falsely alleging that I have accused German Scientologists in Munich of killing 2 people (per my picket sign). Police declined.
16 Weber and Helmgart confronting me with a bystander looking on and later congratulating me for standing up to the "gangsters".
17 Scientologists conferring on what to do next. Following the picket, these 3 were observed by the Munich Police sprinting down the sidewalk towards Sabine's office.
18 Helmgart asking me why an American would come all the way to Munich just to picket, and how much the German government paid me to be there?
19 Sabine conferring with her staff, Helmgart with camera in hand and passerby watching me picket.