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Will Jopie Heesters (104) win his Nazi allegation case?
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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
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
Settlement details:
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Yes, Kühn must retract his statements |
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Voided Fri 5th Dec 2008 7:11am PST
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Initial likelihoods: Yes, Kühn must retract his statements: 45%, No, the court rejects the charge against Kühn: 45%, Other outcome: 10%
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jhouseholder
predicted No, the court rejects the charge against Kühn (H$20 at 63%)
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predicted No, the court rejects the charge against Kühn (H$20 at 63%)
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predicted No, the court rejects the charge against Kühn (H$200 at 62%)
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predicted No, the court rejects the charge against Kühn (H$20 at 61%)
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predicted No, the court rejects the charge against Kühn (H$100 at 59%)
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predicted Other outcome (H$20 at 10%)
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predicted No, the court rejects the charge against Kühn (H$1 at 61%)
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predicted No, the court rejects the charge against Kühn (H$50 at 61%)
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predicted No, the court rejects the charge against Kühn (H$50 at 58%)Comments (4)
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score: 10
UPI 5 weeks ago
Berlin over claims that the singer performed for Nazi SS officers at the Dachau concentration camp in 1941. Johannes Heesters said he was forced to visit the camp, which was located outside of Munich, Germany, as part of a Nazi plan to hide the truth
score: 10
Telegraph 5 weeks ago
Dutch-born singer and actor Johannes Heesters, 104, began a lawsuit yesterday in a bid to force author and documentary film maker Volker Kuhn to withdraw claims that he sang for guards at Dachau in 1941
score: 10
The Standard 5 weeks ago
is trying to clear his legacy of allegations he sang for SS guards at the Dachau concentration camp. Johannes Heesters admits that he visited the notorious camp outside Munich in 1941, but sued in a civil court in Berlin yesterday to have a German author
score: 10
Washington Post 5 weeks ago
is trying to clear his name of allegations he sang for Nazi guards at the Dachau concentration camp. Johannes Heesters admits that he visited the notorious camp outside Munich in 1941, but is suing in a civil court in Berlin on Thursday to have a German
score: 10
Guardian Unlimited 11 weeks ago
respectively better known as Baby Marie and Baby Peggy. The oldest surviving screen performer is 104 year-old Dutchman Johannes Heesters, but his silent experience was limited to Cirque Hollandais (1924). More prominently, Marie Glory took the female
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