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THE RUDOLF REPORT

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GERMAR <strong>RUDOLF</strong> · <strong>THE</strong> <strong>RUDOLF</strong> <strong>REPORT</strong>town of this unwelcome citizen. It was made clear to Rudolf’s landlordthat the community did not wish him to lease a dwelling to Rudolf. Itwas also made clear to Rudolf’s landlord that he should have an interestin getting rid of his lessee, too, since otherwise he would have todeal with such things as that his son could no longer bring his friendshome, because their parents would not allow them to enter a house inwhich Neo-Nazis lived. 686 Therefore, Rudolf’s occupancy of the dwellingwas terminated as soon as the lease allowed, at a time when hiswife expected the birth of their first child within four weeks. 687When the landlords of the dwelling that Rudolf had rented thereafter,the couple Sedlatschek of Steinenbronn, learned from the news onJune 23, 1995, about the fact that Rudolf had been sentenced to 14months imprisonment, they had their lawyers communicate the followingto him: 688“In the name of and on behalf of our clients we hereby terminateimmediately the lease under the lease contract executed October 26,1994, between you and them.Our clients became aware through the press, by radio, and televisionthat you, Herr Rudolf, were sentenced to 14 months imprisonmentby the District Court of Stuttgart for the crime of incitement to racial hatred.Our clients therefore no longer desire to continue the lease.I am required to demand of you to depart from the dwelling no laterthanJuly 31, 1995and to surrender the premises to our clients in the agreed-uponcondition.If you fail to comply with this demand, we are authorized to file acomplaint without delay.”When Rudolf requested his landlord to withdraw the termination,threatening otherwise he would file a counter-complaint, the landlordthreatened eviction. For private reasons, among them that his wife wasexpecting her second child, he submitted, found a new residence and686 So the statement of the landlord at the time, Karlheinz Bühler, to G. Rudolf in later Summer1994.687 It was not necessary to give a reason, because by the German Civil Code (BGB) no reason fortermination is necessary with respect to a two-family house in which the landlord himselflives.688 Facsimile reproduction of this document in Sleipnir 4/95, insider back cover.416

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