{"id":2545,"date":"2018-10-28T22:06:02","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T02:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=2545"},"modified":"2018-10-28T22:17:35","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T02:17:35","slug":"political-prisoner-horst-mahler-may-be-near-death-in-german-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=2545","title":{"rendered":"Political Prisoner Horst Mahler May Be Near Death in German Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\" style=\"font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">Political Prisoner Horst Mahler May Be Near Death in German Prison<\/span><\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\"><span class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\" style=\"font-family: Georgia;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\"><span class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\" style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;\">Germany politic0-philosopher and imprisoned dissident Horst Mahler (born 1936) is in a very bad way in a prison hospital. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\"><span class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\" style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\"><span class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\" style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;\">Behind bars for years and for the next 10 years despite his crippling condition after a leg amputation in consequence of the life-endangering prison diet for a diabetic, the octogenarian and former attorney has committed no crime for his jailed condition save expressing peaceful philosophical opinions. \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?attachment_id=2548\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2548\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2548\" src=\"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/horst-mahler.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"609\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/horst-mahler.jpg 609w, https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/horst-mahler-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/horst-mahler-500x282.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\"><span class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\" style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\"><span class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\" style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;\">Attorney Mahler\u2019s wife writes (for general public interest release) the news her husband wishes conveyed via Robert Steinert. \u00a0 (Mr. Steinert is the co-producer of the film based on the groundbreaking book \u201cOther Losses\u201d \u2026 the untold loss of a million POW and German civilians driven, on the sociopathic orders of the postwar barbaric Eisenhower, who intentionally starving them to death in tightly packed fields of the Rhine Meadows exposed to harsh elements).<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\"><span class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\" style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\"><span class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\" style=\"font-family: Georgia;\">&lt;&lt;Dear Herr Steinert, I am sending you this message at the request of my husband&#8230; Yesterday I visited my husband in the detention department of the municipal hospital in Brandenburg. He has been there since Wednesday &#8211; after a breakdown in the cell !<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762MsoNormal\"><span class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\" style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;\"><span class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\">Horst suffers from necrosis of his remaining right foot (its big toe).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\"><span class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\" style=\"font-family: Georgia;\">In addition pneumonia has set in &#8211; quite heavily now.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\"><span class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\" style=\"font-family: Georgia;\">His CRP value of his blood is 300 &#8211; this is very high. A normal value is about 10.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\"><span class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\" style=\"font-family: Georgia;\">For two days he has been on antibiotics &#8211; now we have to wait and see whether the inflammation levels drop.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\"><span class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\" style=\"font-family: Georgia;\">Mentally Horst is clear, as always, but very weak. He fears that he will not get through this time&#8230;.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\"><span class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\" style=\"font-family: Georgia;\">Yours sincerely, Elzbieta Mahler&gt;&gt;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\"><span class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\" style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\"><span class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\" style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;\">In the circumstances, well-wishers may like to take this opportunity to send their respects to Horst Mahler who is regarded by many (to quote Robert Steinert):<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\"><span class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\" style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;\">&lt;&lt;<span class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\">\u00a0as without doubt one of the greatest thinkers Germany has ever produced. Nevertheless, I hope that he will survive this crisis, because we all need him urgently!&gt;&gt;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762MsoNormal\"><span class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\" style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\"><span class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\" style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;\">Horst\u2019s prison address is:<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\"><span class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\" style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\"><span class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\" style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;\"><b class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\">Justizvollzugsanstalt Brandenburg A.D. Havel,<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\">\n<div class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\"><span class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\" style=\"font-family: Georgia;\">Inhaftierter: Horst Mahler\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\"><span class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\" style=\"font-family: Georgia;\">Anton-Saefkow-Allee 22\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\"><span class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\" style=\"font-family: Georgia;\">14772 Brandenburg\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\"><span class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\" style=\"font-family: Georgia;\">GERMANY\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\"><span class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\" style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\"><span class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\" style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;\">For those interested, Telling Films has many unique interviews with Horst Mahler available in English as listed at <a class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tellingfilms.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.tellingfilms.co.uk<\/a>\u00a0and via <a class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\" href=\"mailto:dvdorders@tellingfilms.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dvdorders@tellingfilms.co.uk<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\"><span class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\" style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\"><span class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\" style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\"><span class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\" style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;\">Best regards,<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\"><span class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762\" style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;\">Mich\u00e8le Lady Renouf<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail-m_3027060601323352863yiv6673544762 gmail-adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Political Prisoner Horst Mahler May Be Near Death in German Prison \u00a0 Germany politic0-philosopher and imprisoned dissident Horst Mahler (born 1936) is in a very bad way in a prison hospital. \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Behind bars for years and for the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=2545\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[35,24,1455],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2545"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2545"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2549,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2545\/revisions\/2549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}