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Did Johannes Heesters have a gig in the Dachau concentration camp in 1941?

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The case has been thrown out, so now I suppose we'll never know!

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hYMX_AQedyAOr1TDncjxk5m4NsogD953SMLG0

Background:

The 105 years old Entertainer of dutch descent who is mainly known in Germany is sueing a publicist for accusing him of appearing before the SS-guard in 1941. It seems to be certain that Heesters visited the camp, but will the Berlin regional court decide a performance to be proven?

Johannes Heesters (born December 5, 1903) is a Dutch actor, singer, and entertainer with a 87-year career, almost exclusively in the German-speaking world.

Aged 104, Heesters holds the record of being the oldest performer worldwide who is still active, both on the stage and on television.

Johannes Heesters took a complaint to a Berlin court in an attempt to force author and documentary filmmaker Volker Kühn to withdraw his statement that he entertained SS troops on a visit to the concentration camp in Dachau in 1941.

Heesters, who is believed to be the world's oldest-performing actor, does not deny visiting the concentration camp, but rejects charges that he sang there.

"It never happened," he said on his website. But Kühn argued that he has evidence to back his claim - a videotaped interview with a former prisoner, Viktor Matejka, who went on to become Vienna's councillor for cultural affairs.

What will be the court's verdict?

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iRJTmH_RmiiWtAcJn5lAbd7bLDggD94N6Q380
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/28/johannes-heesters-volker-k-uuml-hn-claim
http://www.johannes-heesters.de/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Heesters -- Additional background from Kruijs


Settlement details: As reported by a major mainstream news source (or maybe an official statement of the court: http://www.berlin.de/sen/justiz/gerichte/kg/presse/index.html )

I haven't found sources in English, so maybe settlement could get a little difficult. Let's see how it works.

 
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Suspend date: Mon 15th Dec 2008 2:59pm PST

Initial likelihoods: Yes: 32%

Action history:

Created Sat 29th Nov 2008 6:03am PST by bernardo
Changed Description Fri 5th Dec 2008 7:25am PST by jenniandboys[Admin]: show details
... a performance to be proven?<br/> <br/> <a <b>Johannes Heesters</b> (born December 5, 1903) is a Dutch actor, singer, and entertainer with a 87-year career, almost exclusively in the German-speaking world.<br/> <br/> <b>Aged 104</b>, Heesters holds the record of being <b>the oldest performer worldwide who is still active</b>, both on the stage and on television.<br/> <br/> Johannes Heesters took a complaint to a Berlin court in an attempt to force author and documentary filmmaker Volker Kühn to withdraw his statement that he entertained SS troops on a visit to the concentration camp in Dachau in 1941.<br/> <br/> Heesters, who is believed to be the world's oldest-performing actor, does not deny visiting the concentration camp, but rejects charges that he sang there.<br/> <br/> "It never happened," he said on his website. But Kühn argued that he has evidence to back his claim - a videotaped interview with a former prisoner, Viktor Matejka, who went on to become Vienna's councillor for cultural affairs.<br/> <br/> What will be the court's verdict? <br/> <br/> <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afpap/article/ALeqM5jSnwgRhVEMEm035OMwuiS0lPusnAALeqM5iRJTmH_RmiiWtAcJn5lAbd7bLDggD94N6Q380">http://www.google.com/hostednews/afpap/article/ALeqM5jSnwgRhVEMEm035OMwuiS0lPusnAALeqM5iRJTmH_RmiiWtAcJn5lAbd7bLDggD94N6Q380</a><br/> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/28/johannes-heesters-volker-k-uuml-hn-claim">http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/28/johannes-heesters-volker-k-uuml-hn-claim</a><br/> <a href="http://www.johannes-heesters.de/">http://www.johannes-heesters.de/</a><br/> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Heesters">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Heesters</a> -- Additional background from <a href="http://www.hubdub.com/users/kruijs">Kruijs</a>
Suspended Mon 15th Dec 2008 2:59pm PST : Suspend date reached
Settlement requested Tue 16th Dec 2008 2:03pm PST by bernardo: It should be voided, because Heesters lost the action for an injunction but it's still nothing proven about him having sung there or not.
http://www.berlin.de/sen/justiz/gerichte/kg/presse/archiv/20081216.1430.116937.html
Voided Wed 17th Dec 2008 1:29pm PST by jenniandboys[Admin]: The case has been thrown out, so now I suppose we'll never know!

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hYMX_AQedyAOr1TDncjxk5m4NsogD953SMLG0

Suspend date: Mon 15th Dec 2008 2:59pm PST
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