forced adoptions in the GDR In 1970 her son Alexander in the world, Gisela Mauritz decided not to marry the father and the child rearing alone.
friends from Greifswald time managed to escape in 1973 with the help of the corporate way in the Federal Republic. After she fled her friends in a letter "Conspiratorial, as she says, her determination had told to flee, taught them an escape-help organization. A posted to East Berlin courier told her codes and details of the planned escape. It should be included
with her small son by the transit route from Berlin to Marie Born and smuggled to the West. Two attempts failed because the "Ausschleusungsfahrzeuge not" from the West appeared. Both times they went back to her home to East Berlin. She had no idea that she had already come to the attention of the Stasi. The Ministry of State Security had permeated almost all crossing services company with agents.
The third escape attempt was Gisela Mauritz and taken her son on the transit route Marie Born of a truck, and the child she had calmed down with Valium. At the border crossing Marienborn was a charge control in which her with an electromagnetic door secured by the secret police while hiding place, but initially could not be opened. After massive threats she left her hiding place, and was discharged with her baby in secret police barracks, searched the vehicle. The fate of the driver they knew nothing - not even if he had betrayed the flight.
The next day, 14 June 1974, was taken from her before leaving for Berlin, the four year old son. You take him almost 15 years not to see again. Gisela Mauritz came into the custody to Hohenschönhausen. There she first heard of the possibility that political prisoners in the GDR could be redeemed by the federal government.
Although they had the sole right of education for Alexander, were denied her any information about the whereabouts of the child. The boy was, the Stasi in the interrogations, "in good hands, and on nagging demands of the Stasi Gisela Mauritz responded with relentless hard, many hours of interrogations carried out, until it finally collapsed.
In August 1974, was moved to Magdeburg Gisela Mauritz, set their trial for September. She had to fear that she would be sentenced to two years in prison. As a possible defense you put in front of her three names they chose for her lawyer does not personally known bird, which took over their representation, however, not personal. About a week before the start of the process appeared to place his colleague G. Vogels and carried with it a half-hour interview. Questions to the point he was not, but he was probably because of the interception by the Stasi "frightened and intimidated.
Just two weeks before the 25th Anniversary of the founding of the GDR, 24 September 1974, there was the trial of Gisela Mauritz. The defendant used the trial to a "liberating speech" in which they directly attacked the DDR. They have, so her lawyer, the only thing thus made even more difficult. However, he held the view by Gisela Mauritz "a completely inadequate plea," which had shown no real defense, not even the child had been mentioned. Was sentenced to four and a half years in prison. Gisela Mauritz shot at this moment only the thought to mind: What will happen to my child?
A week later she was transported to prison Hoheneck. She met fellow prisoners who had been sentenced for attempted escape from the Republic to even longer sentences. It was one part of further information to free purchases encouraged the other, they first heard of it, that mothers were taken away for political reasons, the children and given to other families for adoption. wanted to help with the Youth Unit "Council" of their competent municipality take away her right of education for his son Alexander -
received the summons to the end of 1974 to an appointment in Berlin. This time she turned up in fear in vain lawyer bird. Even in Hoheneck she studies produced in their defense, but the prison authorities took away her delivery.
moved to Berlin, where she was detained together with criminals. In the process for custody, held in March 1975, was no representative of the Law Offices of birds present. One possibility for its own defense and in defense of her child, she was not given. The accused her of Youth in particular that has come in the escape attempt to calm Alexander used syringe from the Federal Republic, and the judge went so far as to the assumption that the injection of cyanide also could have mentioned.
By Gisela Mauritz named witnesses who would confirm the good mother-child relationship, were not allowed to testify. In the second court date, which took place four weeks later, she was defended by lawyer Ulla Stark, an employee bird. Although she had not seen before, He did so Gisela Mauritz, his cause "good" done. Since they have been the attempted escape was thus for ten months without news of her child, asked the lawyer for information about Alexander's whereabouts. The move was inconclusive: Gisela Mauritz, the right of education for their five year old son withdrawn. Her lawyer advised her wanted a clear call from one of her statuieren an example.
Gisela Mauritz, now returned to Hoheneck wanted no compromise in the last chance of appeal, however, and hoped that her son would be given to the grandparents. In the appeal deadline, which was held in August 1975, had hinted the Youth Services Unit that Alexander kept with a "supervising family." Even before the verdict was returned by Gisela Mauritz Hoheneck.
A friend helped her with a small, but important for the desperate woman service. From a distance, was the girlfriend of the young Alexander to see his children as a group home was a trip to the East Berlin's Alexanderplatz. The fear of the Stasi prompted the friend to return the children to follow. So there was the residence of the boy unknown. The friend could only shoot him from a distance, the picture she brought with her mother on a visit to the prison. Gisela Mauritz found that her Alex is now like a "socialist soldier" look. For many years should be counted this photo to be the last sign of life that had Gisela Mauritz from her child. can
Just before Christmas 1976 Gisela Mauritz in hindsight of 20 years do not believe in a seasonal random, but takes pure cynicism, she was in prison Hoheneck the forced adoption of their child opened. Those it has never held for possible message caused a shock. She broke with sobs and "twisted," as she describes herself in her cell with 24 women "completely occupied by" until she was restrained by guards medication. When she returns to work after electric motors from the table, threw it was As "sabotage.
The calming attempts ended in the infirmary. Gisela Mauritz experienced the following day in a trance. When she awoke, she found herself there exclusively surrounded by prisoners who were convicted of criminal offenses. As the chief doctor noticed her poor condition and their spiritual needs, he said only: "You have to see the problem this way: if a tile falls from the roof, then he's gone. . So easy it is with your son, "For Gisela Mauritz was the conclusion of this medical observation: whether brick or son, they are just gone, you have to accept it.
Gisela Mauritz tried a new direction, she changed her mind, renounced further, futile protests and made the decision to fight for her child again - first without any result. The President of the Red Cross of the GDR, in which she turned, wrote her that he could not intervene in this matter, and Vogel, lawyer, she received a meaningless answer.
received in early 1977 when they visit from a cousin from West Berlin, she heard that Alexander had not been adopted alleged. Gisela Mauritz then requested the prisons lawyer, and his reaction she had hoped - no, her child was not adopted. She was completely confused. The news later proved to be wrong.
Still, three Years after the arrest, she was hoping for the deportation to the West. The hope seemed to actually meet, as in June 1977, Karl-Marx-Stadt (today Chemnitz) was transferred to the detention. Nor Hoheneck they had requested a meeting with her lawyer, but she was not even that assistance, when she was in Karl-Marx-Stadt, presented a questionnaire, which included inter alia the question of children. They were true to their seven year old son Alexander at this time. The interrogator responded well without understanding how repellent - this kid knows nothing about. She was returned to the cell and eventually brought back to Hoheneck - her exit visa was rejected been. The site went down again and came to the infirmary. Their physical health was precarious, and she seemed mentally broken.
Gisela Mauritz but did not give up. Again and again she forced herself to her feet, she wanted her child, and she did not treat their tormentors the triumph of another collapse.
On 13 December 1978 Gisela Mauritz was released to East Germany - they have a new terrible blow. Until recently they had hoped, a lawyer bird would pick them up "in the car and drive without a stir in the West." With their release from prison a residence ban for the "Capital of the East" was connected. In chub, halfway between Leipzig and Dresden, was it at the company ELMO assigned a job as a seamstress thread. since it had been the graduate chemist no prohibition to Gisela Mauritz again wrote to Attorney bird and got a temporary job in a chemical plant - "just in the 'political economy.
After half a year, she moved on their own initiative in props and prompter at the local theater. Addressed to Erich and Margot Honecker and the SED Central Committee of the petitions and give her back her son Alexander, remained unanswered. Trying to turn lawyer bird was imposed on it by the Berlin-ban impeded. Sent a representative to the office, but rather called for a "Courier". A friend of Gisela Mauritz from East Berlin lawyer went to bird, but his visit to the law firm was inconclusive. Known as the indifference and passivity of the bird lawyer recognized and criticized, he was expelled from the firm.
Finally Gisela Mauritz drove a summons from a lawyer bird even after the end of 1979 East Berlin. knowing that they imposed on them because of the requirement under the East German laws re felony. Vogel personally received the call, she found herself intimidated so in retrospect, his so completely DDR atypical behavior "and they had him" experienced freezing cold. " For it was
it is apparently a "small petitioner" was - by him, your impression, did they expect to "nothing had." Vogel asked them to subsequently give its consent to the adoption - in this case, he set the desired word "exit" in the room, not without reference should, that they abstain from activities in the West and make a similar commitment. Gisela Mauritz noted that the GDR "absolutely nothing in my case allowed."
She gave Bird the required declarations and commitments, and returned to chub.
On a positive reaction on the contrary, she waited in vain: In December 1980 she was arrested again.
During her first detention, they had asked the West released prisoners to talk about her case. Then adopted shortly after their release from the Mission's brother Theo Koening Hiltrup in Münster / W. Contact with her was on as "brother Theo," for many "political" in the GDR and former detainees, who were allowed to go to the West, emotional support and selfless workers. He had sent in the chub "by all separately," Gisela Mauritz in two years, about 30 letters and packages, and for the proof was in fact the human care of brother Theo, whom she did not know so, "quite wonderful. As brother Theo with> calls for help from the other side, newspapers, Radio stations, entire school classes took their cause. In a personal visit to the Bonn Federal Ministry for Intra-German relations, it tried to advance their cause further, but to preserve for the advice of the competent employee, alone, they had no understanding. She was 14 years have been quiet, "said Gisela Mauritz, now they will act.
The breakthrough came with a shipment of "Report Munich" in January 1989. "Report" reported on their case - "Mother looking for son East West" - and showed old photos. The reference to a burn scar that Alexander had drawn as a small child, was crucial. A spectator from East Berlin, which as a pensioner was allowed to travel in the Western part of the city, announced himself and gave the hint. Two days after the program received a call from the Gisela Mauritz Inner German Ministry, which was able to tell you the name and address of the adoptive parents. Gisela Mauritz telephoned and wrote to it immediately, but was on the phone the harsh answer, the matter should check with the attorney for the adoptive parents. The Inner-German Ministry promised to arrange a meeting. She went to the office of the West Berlin lawyer Naumann. There she was met by Mrs. Bird with the car, Naumann accompanied her. In bird it came to office more than 14 years the first encounter between mother and son. Gisela Mauritz, drawn from the experiences of these years, could hardly speak, Alexander, had no recollection of his biological mother more, was helpless. Lawyer bird, she responded to the waiver in May 1988, extorted denied his role decided. After an hour of mother and son went back to their separate worlds. Gisela Mauritz could write to him in the coming weeks about the law firm Bird and send packages to respond to the son the same way.
In April 1989 she received the message, Alexander has chosen to emigrate to the West. From the Inner German Ministry followed the call, they may be on the evening of 11 April 1989 in her home stay. Alexander turned up with his Adoptive father, Gisela Mauritz gave another justification letter.
After endless bad experiences could include Gisela Mauritz her son in her arms. The joy but soon more bitter disappointment. It was found that the forced by the communist regime almost 15 years of separation, the basis for a normal relationship between mother and son had been destroyed.
Source: http://www.utopie1.de/enbergs/aretz_opfer1.htm
friends from Greifswald time managed to escape in 1973 with the help of the corporate way in the Federal Republic. After she fled her friends in a letter "Conspiratorial, as she says, her determination had told to flee, taught them an escape-help organization. A posted to East Berlin courier told her codes and details of the planned escape. It should be included
with her small son by the transit route from Berlin to Marie Born and smuggled to the West. Two attempts failed because the "Ausschleusungsfahrzeuge not" from the West appeared. Both times they went back to her home to East Berlin. She had no idea that she had already come to the attention of the Stasi. The Ministry of State Security had permeated almost all crossing services company with agents.
The third escape attempt was Gisela Mauritz and taken her son on the transit route Marie Born of a truck, and the child she had calmed down with Valium. At the border crossing Marienborn was a charge control in which her with an electromagnetic door secured by the secret police while hiding place, but initially could not be opened. After massive threats she left her hiding place, and was discharged with her baby in secret police barracks, searched the vehicle. The fate of the driver they knew nothing - not even if he had betrayed the flight.
The next day, 14 June 1974, was taken from her before leaving for Berlin, the four year old son. You take him almost 15 years not to see again. Gisela Mauritz came into the custody to Hohenschönhausen. There she first heard of the possibility that political prisoners in the GDR could be redeemed by the federal government.
Although they had the sole right of education for Alexander, were denied her any information about the whereabouts of the child. The boy was, the Stasi in the interrogations, "in good hands, and on nagging demands of the Stasi Gisela Mauritz responded with relentless hard, many hours of interrogations carried out, until it finally collapsed.
In August 1974, was moved to Magdeburg Gisela Mauritz, set their trial for September. She had to fear that she would be sentenced to two years in prison. As a possible defense you put in front of her three names they chose for her lawyer does not personally known bird, which took over their representation, however, not personal. About a week before the start of the process appeared to place his colleague G. Vogels and carried with it a half-hour interview. Questions to the point he was not, but he was probably because of the interception by the Stasi "frightened and intimidated.
Just two weeks before the 25th Anniversary of the founding of the GDR, 24 September 1974, there was the trial of Gisela Mauritz. The defendant used the trial to a "liberating speech" in which they directly attacked the DDR. They have, so her lawyer, the only thing thus made even more difficult. However, he held the view by Gisela Mauritz "a completely inadequate plea," which had shown no real defense, not even the child had been mentioned. Was sentenced to four and a half years in prison. Gisela Mauritz shot at this moment only the thought to mind: What will happen to my child?
A week later she was transported to prison Hoheneck. She met fellow prisoners who had been sentenced for attempted escape from the Republic to even longer sentences. It was one part of further information to free purchases encouraged the other, they first heard of it, that mothers were taken away for political reasons, the children and given to other families for adoption. wanted to help with the Youth Unit "Council" of their competent municipality take away her right of education for his son Alexander -
received the summons to the end of 1974 to an appointment in Berlin. This time she turned up in fear in vain lawyer bird. Even in Hoheneck she studies produced in their defense, but the prison authorities took away her delivery.
moved to Berlin, where she was detained together with criminals. In the process for custody, held in March 1975, was no representative of the Law Offices of birds present. One possibility for its own defense and in defense of her child, she was not given. The accused her of Youth in particular that has come in the escape attempt to calm Alexander used syringe from the Federal Republic, and the judge went so far as to the assumption that the injection of cyanide also could have mentioned.
By Gisela Mauritz named witnesses who would confirm the good mother-child relationship, were not allowed to testify. In the second court date, which took place four weeks later, she was defended by lawyer Ulla Stark, an employee bird. Although she had not seen before, He did so Gisela Mauritz, his cause "good" done. Since they have been the attempted escape was thus for ten months without news of her child, asked the lawyer for information about Alexander's whereabouts. The move was inconclusive: Gisela Mauritz, the right of education for their five year old son withdrawn. Her lawyer advised her wanted a clear call from one of her statuieren an example.
Gisela Mauritz, now returned to Hoheneck wanted no compromise in the last chance of appeal, however, and hoped that her son would be given to the grandparents. In the appeal deadline, which was held in August 1975, had hinted the Youth Services Unit that Alexander kept with a "supervising family." Even before the verdict was returned by Gisela Mauritz Hoheneck.
A friend helped her with a small, but important for the desperate woman service. From a distance, was the girlfriend of the young Alexander to see his children as a group home was a trip to the East Berlin's Alexanderplatz. The fear of the Stasi prompted the friend to return the children to follow. So there was the residence of the boy unknown. The friend could only shoot him from a distance, the picture she brought with her mother on a visit to the prison. Gisela Mauritz found that her Alex is now like a "socialist soldier" look. For many years should be counted this photo to be the last sign of life that had Gisela Mauritz from her child. can
Just before Christmas 1976 Gisela Mauritz in hindsight of 20 years do not believe in a seasonal random, but takes pure cynicism, she was in prison Hoheneck the forced adoption of their child opened. Those it has never held for possible message caused a shock. She broke with sobs and "twisted," as she describes herself in her cell with 24 women "completely occupied by" until she was restrained by guards medication. When she returns to work after electric motors from the table, threw it was As "sabotage.
The calming attempts ended in the infirmary. Gisela Mauritz experienced the following day in a trance. When she awoke, she found herself there exclusively surrounded by prisoners who were convicted of criminal offenses. As the chief doctor noticed her poor condition and their spiritual needs, he said only: "You have to see the problem this way: if a tile falls from the roof, then he's gone. . So easy it is with your son, "For Gisela Mauritz was the conclusion of this medical observation: whether brick or son, they are just gone, you have to accept it.
Gisela Mauritz tried a new direction, she changed her mind, renounced further, futile protests and made the decision to fight for her child again - first without any result. The President of the Red Cross of the GDR, in which she turned, wrote her that he could not intervene in this matter, and Vogel, lawyer, she received a meaningless answer.
received in early 1977 when they visit from a cousin from West Berlin, she heard that Alexander had not been adopted alleged. Gisela Mauritz then requested the prisons lawyer, and his reaction she had hoped - no, her child was not adopted. She was completely confused. The news later proved to be wrong.
Still, three Years after the arrest, she was hoping for the deportation to the West. The hope seemed to actually meet, as in June 1977, Karl-Marx-Stadt (today Chemnitz) was transferred to the detention. Nor Hoheneck they had requested a meeting with her lawyer, but she was not even that assistance, when she was in Karl-Marx-Stadt, presented a questionnaire, which included inter alia the question of children. They were true to their seven year old son Alexander at this time. The interrogator responded well without understanding how repellent - this kid knows nothing about. She was returned to the cell and eventually brought back to Hoheneck - her exit visa was rejected been. The site went down again and came to the infirmary. Their physical health was precarious, and she seemed mentally broken.
Gisela Mauritz but did not give up. Again and again she forced herself to her feet, she wanted her child, and she did not treat their tormentors the triumph of another collapse.
On 13 December 1978 Gisela Mauritz was released to East Germany - they have a new terrible blow. Until recently they had hoped, a lawyer bird would pick them up "in the car and drive without a stir in the West." With their release from prison a residence ban for the "Capital of the East" was connected. In chub, halfway between Leipzig and Dresden, was it at the company ELMO assigned a job as a seamstress thread. since it had been the graduate chemist no prohibition to Gisela Mauritz again wrote to Attorney bird and got a temporary job in a chemical plant - "just in the 'political economy.
After half a year, she moved on their own initiative in props and prompter at the local theater. Addressed to Erich and Margot Honecker and the SED Central Committee of the petitions and give her back her son Alexander, remained unanswered. Trying to turn lawyer bird was imposed on it by the Berlin-ban impeded. Sent a representative to the office, but rather called for a "Courier". A friend of Gisela Mauritz from East Berlin lawyer went to bird, but his visit to the law firm was inconclusive. Known as the indifference and passivity of the bird lawyer recognized and criticized, he was expelled from the firm.
Finally Gisela Mauritz drove a summons from a lawyer bird even after the end of 1979 East Berlin. knowing that they imposed on them because of the requirement under the East German laws re felony. Vogel personally received the call, she found herself intimidated so in retrospect, his so completely DDR atypical behavior "and they had him" experienced freezing cold. " For it was
it is apparently a "small petitioner" was - by him, your impression, did they expect to "nothing had." Vogel asked them to subsequently give its consent to the adoption - in this case, he set the desired word "exit" in the room, not without reference should, that they abstain from activities in the West and make a similar commitment. Gisela Mauritz noted that the GDR "absolutely nothing in my case allowed."
She gave Bird the required declarations and commitments, and returned to chub.
On a positive reaction on the contrary, she waited in vain: In December 1980 she was arrested again.
During her first detention, they had asked the West released prisoners to talk about her case. Then adopted shortly after their release from the Mission's brother Theo Koening Hiltrup in Münster / W. Contact with her was on as "brother Theo," for many "political" in the GDR and former detainees, who were allowed to go to the West, emotional support and selfless workers. He had sent in the chub "by all separately," Gisela Mauritz in two years, about 30 letters and packages, and for the proof was in fact the human care of brother Theo, whom she did not know so, "quite wonderful. As brother Theo with> calls for help from the other side, newspapers, Radio stations, entire school classes took their cause. In a personal visit to the Bonn Federal Ministry for Intra-German relations, it tried to advance their cause further, but to preserve for the advice of the competent employee, alone, they had no understanding. She was 14 years have been quiet, "said Gisela Mauritz, now they will act.
The breakthrough came with a shipment of "Report Munich" in January 1989. "Report" reported on their case - "Mother looking for son East West" - and showed old photos. The reference to a burn scar that Alexander had drawn as a small child, was crucial. A spectator from East Berlin, which as a pensioner was allowed to travel in the Western part of the city, announced himself and gave the hint. Two days after the program received a call from the Gisela Mauritz Inner German Ministry, which was able to tell you the name and address of the adoptive parents. Gisela Mauritz telephoned and wrote to it immediately, but was on the phone the harsh answer, the matter should check with the attorney for the adoptive parents. The Inner-German Ministry promised to arrange a meeting. She went to the office of the West Berlin lawyer Naumann. There she was met by Mrs. Bird with the car, Naumann accompanied her. In bird it came to office more than 14 years the first encounter between mother and son. Gisela Mauritz, drawn from the experiences of these years, could hardly speak, Alexander, had no recollection of his biological mother more, was helpless. Lawyer bird, she responded to the waiver in May 1988, extorted denied his role decided. After an hour of mother and son went back to their separate worlds. Gisela Mauritz could write to him in the coming weeks about the law firm Bird and send packages to respond to the son the same way.
In April 1989 she received the message, Alexander has chosen to emigrate to the West. From the Inner German Ministry followed the call, they may be on the evening of 11 April 1989 in her home stay. Alexander turned up with his Adoptive father, Gisela Mauritz gave another justification letter.
After endless bad experiences could include Gisela Mauritz her son in her arms. The joy but soon more bitter disappointment. It was found that the forced by the communist regime almost 15 years of separation, the basis for a normal relationship between mother and son had been destroyed.
Source: http://www.utopie1.de/enbergs/aretz_opfer1.htm
0 comments:
Post a Comment