UPDATE - REINER FUELLMICH - Nov 9, 2023

I know you want to know.

So here is the update from Bittel.tv.

There was a personal message from Reiner.

He is doing well, is thankful for all of you for being there.

He has a TV and has now had contact with other prisoners and knows the stories of several of them.

Letters take about 2 weeks to get screened. He gets only 30 a day, and is grateful for each and every one.

There were also messages from Roger Bittel (of bittel.tv) that we can now make donations to a German bank account.

I (Elsa) will get the details and send them to you as soon as I have the exact information. For any donation, you need to specify what it is to be spent on: legal costs, etc. Everything must go to the designated expense.

Roger also gave details about the arrest. As the passports of Reiner and his wife had been lost somehow, new ones had been requested, along with an extension of their visas. This had all been done uneventfully. They were to pick them up from the airport, as the consulate was closed. But instead of being given the papers, they were taken into custody for not having the papers they were supposed to be picking up. Reiner was told there were also matters relating to him in Germany.

Reiner’s wife was eventually released, but not Reiner. He was flown first to the States and from there to Frankfurt, where the file was opened and his attorneys were able to see the charges against him.

Roger closed with a thank you to everyone for being there - over 8000 people were listening on the Telegram channel alone. He asked that we continue to keep Reiner in our thoughts.

He hoped to have more news for Sunday, but stressed that at a time like this, sometimes we need to be patient.

Posted November 9, 2023