Resistance

GERMAR RUDOLF, RESISTANCE IS OBLIGATORYAppendix 10: Life ContinuesOn the day of my release (Sunday, 5 July 2009) a friend of mineawaited me at the prison gate. He took me to his home in his car, wherewe and his wife had a delicious breakfast. After this I went to Cologneby train, where I met my wife, with whom I had lunch in a restaurantnext to the cathedral. From there we went to my parents’ home, wherewe (including our four year old daughter) stayed until the end of August.During this time my U.S. lawyer informed me that the prohibitionof returning to the U.S. which had been imposed on me in November2005 was still in effect. Hence a return back to the States before November2010 wasn’t likely, although we applied to have that ban liftedearly.After my wife and daughter had returned to our home in the U.S. inearly August 2009, I immediately initiated “Plan B”: I moved to Eastbournea few days later, which is a town in the southeast of Englandwhere I had previosuly lived between 1996 and 1999. In early Septembermy older daughter from my first marriage (then almost 15 years ofage) joined me there, as she was to spend an entire school year in England.In late October 2009 my wife and younger daughter joined usthere. After some initial difficulties, which had to be expected, our familylife became quite normal within a few months. My two daughterswere quickly competing for their father’s attention, although just a shortwhile ago both had hardly known me.In early April 2010 my wife and younger daughter returned to theStates. My older daughter passed her British school exams in June2010, and together with my son we spent a three-week language vacationin France in August of that year. After that I left England and traveledtemporarily to Mexico, hoping that my application for permanentresidence in the U.S. (“green card”) would be granted after the expirationof my ban. But that wasn’t supposed to happen quite yet…Starting in November of 2010, the U.S. authorities put me off fromweek to week, until at the turn of the year 2010/2011 they apprised methat they could not foresee if and when my immigration case would bedecided. In February 2011 we therefore filed a so-called writ of mandamusagainst the U.S. government in an attempt to force a decision,and this was indeed of avail: after some legal back and forth I did re-366