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Aug 17, 2010
A victim of savings measures // Hamburg to close down Scientology Task Force — Spiegel
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Spiegel The city of Hamburg said this week it would suspend the work of its 17-year-old Scientology task force, one of the most vociferous critics of the secretive organization. Leader Ursula Caberta has successfully defended herself in numerous cases brought by Scientologists. However, the city says it will continue to monitor the group. From Berlin, Germany, to Clearwater, Florida, there are few people more disliked by the Church of Scientology than Ursula Caberta. For 17 years, Caberta has fought against Scientology in ...
Apr 10, 2010
Die Seelenfänger // Wie Scientology menschenleben zerstört [Part 1] ["The soul catchers // How Scientology destroys people's lives"] [with English subtitles] — Südwestdeutschen Rundfunk (Germany)More: Part 2 , Part 3 , Part 4 , Part 5
Apr 1, 2010
Anti-Scientology drama a ratings hit for ARD / German TV movie 'Till Faith Do Us Part' based on real events — The Hollywood Reporter
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Scott Roxborough Source:
The Hollywood Reporter COLOGNE, Germany – A German TV-movie about Scientology that claims to reveal the dark side of the organization was a huge ratings hit for public broadcaster ARD, with 8.7 million viewers tuning in Wednesday night, a 27% market share. Germany has long been at odds with Scientology. Most here view the organization with suspicion. During the shooting of Brian Singer's war film "Valkyrie" in Berlin, famed Scientologist Tom Cruise was savaged in the German press for his beliefs. The ARD film, ...
Mar 24, 2010
In Germany, Scientology outrage over a critical film — TIME Magazine
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Stephanie Kirchner Source:
TIME Magazine In a scene in a new fictional movie about Scientology called Until Nothing Remains, one of the group's leaders is giving an impassioned speech to followers in Germany. The camera pulls in tighter on the man's face, and all of a sudden, he cries out "Clear Germany!" to a round of rapturous applause. No, he's not talking about pushing all non-believers out of the country - he's referring to "the state of clear," a condition characterized by an absence of painful, ...
Mar 8, 2010
ARD TV drama sparks Scientology's ire — The Local (Germany)
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The Local (Germany) Trouble is brewing between the Church of Scientology and German public broadcaster ARD ahead of the TV premiere of a drama portraying the controversial faith as dangerous and unethical. “Bis nichts mehr bleibt,” or “Until nothing remains,” is the dramatised true story of a family torn apart by the religion, and Scientology officials may try to ban its broadcast on March 31, daily Süddeutsche Zeitung reported on Monday. Scientology spokesperson Jürg Stettler told the paper that members of the church were ...
Feb 18, 2010
Scientology-Aussteiger Lino Bombonato / Wenn Freunde zu Feinden werden [Unofficial English translation: "Ex-Scientologist Lino Bombonato / When friends turn enemies"] — Stern TV (Germany)More: Original
May 14, 2009
Der Scientology-Plan / Wie der Psychokonzern Deutschland erobern will [German, with unofficial English subtitles on Youtube] [English: The Scientology Plan / How the psycho-corporation plans to conquer Germany] — ZDF (Germany)More: Youtube part 2 , Youtube part 3 , original
Jan 21, 2009
Hirnwäscher - Wie gefährlich ist Scientology? ["The Brainwashers - How Dangerous Is Scientology?" Unofficial translation] — ARD (Germany)
Jan 7, 2009
Infinite Complacency - 05 Marc Headley's story
Sep 4, 2008
Actor Who Left Scientology Touring Germany — FOX News
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Roger Friedman Source:
FOX News Jason Beghe, the "G.I. Jane" actor who left the Church of Scientology in April after 14 years, is testifying about today in Hamburg, Germany. Beghe has been invited by Germany’s Department of Interior Affairs to be part of a three hour seminar on Scientology in Hamburg called, "That is Scientology! Reports from the USA." The program will begin with an 11 a.m. press conference followed by three hours of in-depth lectures from 5 to 8 p.m. All of this is organized ...
Jun 1, 2008
Scientology Scandals — The Skeptic (Australia)
Aug 9, 2007
Scientology Targets Europe Amid Fresh Calls for Ban in Germany — Deutsche Welle
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Marcus Bösch Source:
Deutsche Welle An alarming book, fresh demands for a ban and a rejection of those calls for a prohibition: the controversial Scientology organization has been all over the media, yet still aims to missionize Europe.
Ursula Caberta expressed her opinion loud and clear: "Scientology is a dangerous, extremist organization which has declared war on Europe." As Commissioner for Scientology issues for Hamburg, Caberta is considered an expert on the subject.
She has been observing the movement since 1992 and just presented her new ...
Aug 8, 2007
Controversial Cult: German Parties Reject Bid to Ban Scientology — Spiegel
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Spiegel Senior politicians from Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition have rejected calls for a ban on the Scientology cult. A legal bid to outlaw it would fail because authorities haven't had time to build a proper case against the organization, they say.
Politicians from Germany's two ruling parties have rejected calls for Scientology to be banned in Germany.
A bid to outlaw Scientology may fail because Germany's domestic intelligence service is unlikely to have gathered enough evidence against it to back court action ...
Jan 13, 2007
New Scientology Center in Berlin Riles Authorities — Deutsche Welle
Sep 1, 2003
Scientology and the European Human Rights debate: A reply to Leisa Goodman, J. Gordon Melton, and the European Rehabilitation Project Force study — Marburg Journal of Religion
Jul 26, 2000
German visitor takes on Scientology — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
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Thomas C. Tobin Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) Church leaders say the German official is a "fascist demagogue'' who has stoked a hate campaign. She says they exaggerate. CLEARWATER — The battle between the Church of Scientology and the German government, a long-running dispute steeped in emotion and international politics, has come crashing into Clearwater with a visit by a controversial German official. Ursula Caberta, who heads a government office in Hamburg that works to curb Scientology in Germany, said Tuesday at a downtown news conference that Scientology is ...
Mar 19, 2000
Scientology in the Machine — Wired
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Author(s):
Ayla Jean Yackley Source:
Wired BERLIN – A Microsoft spokesman called reports that the software maker has turned over its closely guarded Windows 2000 source code to the German government "just a rumor," but would not deny that the company has disclosed technical secrets in a probe of the operating system. "I can't confirm that we're sharing [the source code]," said Microsoft Germany's Thomas Baumgärtner after German news organizations reported this month that the company had offered federal authorities the opportunity to inspect its source code. ...
May 9, 1999
Is Scientology above the law? — France 2
Feb 6, 1997
Germany versus Scientology — Los Angeles Times (California)More: link
Jan 28, 1997
Word War Two — Star magazine
Dec 22, 1996
Scientology and Germany: Falling back into the past — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Sep 1, 1996
Germany finds Scientology to have menacing mission — Indianapolis Star (Indiana)More: link
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Author(s):
Barbara Demick Source:
Indianapolis Star (Indiana) Lawmakers are looking at barring its members from teaching, police work, other government jobs. HAMBURG, Germany — As the politicians see it, Germany, is being threatened by an evil plot to infiltrate business and government. "A giant octopus . . . that will stop at nothing in its desire to spread its blind ideology" is how Labor Secretary Norbert Blum has described the plot against Germany. Claudia Nolte, another member of Chancellor Helmut Kohl's Cabinet, warns, "They aim at world domination ...
Apr 4, 1995
Secret behind cult's anti-Nazi campaign — The Argus (UK)More: cosmedia.freewinds.cx , link
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Paul Bracchi Source:
The Argus (UK) The Scientologists have accused the German Government of acting like the Nazis. They claim their members in that country are being persecuted like the Jews under Hitler. That controversial message has been rammed home in full-page adverts in the American press funded by the Sussex-based International Association of Scientologists. Today we expose the hypocrisy behind the campaign. THE MESSAGE is blunt — "Don't let History Repeat". It is accompanied by a chilling photograph of a book burning session in Hitler's Germany. ...
Jan 30, 1995
Germany, Church of Scientology feuding in printand political arena — Washington Post
Nov 7, 1994
Scientology and its German foes: A bitter conflict — New York TimesMore: link
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Author(s):
Craig R. Whitney Source:
New York Times HAMBURG, Germany — It would take something like an invasion of space aliens — maybe something out of an L. Ron Hubbard science fiction novel — to match the climate of fear and mutual suspicion that prevails between the Church of Scientology that Mr. Hubbard created and its frightened opponents in Germany. "Fear is part of their system — it's a totalitarian organization that seeks to control everybody else, a dictatorship," said Ursula Caberta y Diaz, who heads the four-member working ...
Oct 13, 1994
Officials in Germany denounces sect as a menace to democracy — New York Times
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