(via google translate) Please circulate the petition - 500 signatures needed to reach 10,000! Wittenberg - In room 104 of the Wittenberg district court on Monday probably no chair - 20 seats are planned - remain empty. It's about the mockery at the city church. Advocate Hubertus Benecke will demand in a civil law process on behalf of his client Michael Düllmann the removal of the relief from the Protestant church. The sculpture, which - and this is the only undisputed - mocking Jews, dates back to 1305. The church itself is a World Heritage Site and is a listed building. There is a lot going on Monday - including the World Heritage status. The lawyer announces before the trial already that he will endeavor to procure "the documents for these decisions to the Unterschutzstellung the city church community and to examine to what extent in this decision" the ridicule "was at all known and played a role. He has not yet received an answer from the German Unesco Commission, the lawyer says on Wednesday. His presumption of concealment is confirmed by Katja Romans. "In the nomination dossier the mockery is not mentioned in our overview," said the spokeswoman for the Unesco on the events of 1996. Unesco not informed: international understanding and tolerance in constitution "We can not trace back whether the experts discussed it with the local authorities during their visit to the site. From the point of view of the German Unesco Commission, it is important that the history associated with this mockery is openly and critically addressed, and that the city church serve as a place of remembrance of the Reformation and of Luther in all its facets. A clear attitude against any anti-Judaism must go along with it. Unesco is committed to international understanding and tolerance in all its activities in accordance with the Unesco Constitution, "said Römer. For Benecke it is clear: "The World Heritage decision will have to be reviewed because of its anti-Semitic content." The World Heritage status can be withdrawn or restricted. "World Heritage, which carries discriminatory elements that are so inadequately processed in the environment, can also be revised. Incidentally, neither monument protection nor a Weltkulturbe decision can justify adhering to a permanent and continuing discrimination and denigration of minorities, religious communities and others, "says Benecke. Withdrawal is a rarity: lawyer participates in a vigil A withdrawal, however, is a rarity, an exception. "A World Heritage Site receives the title because of its extraordinary universal value for humanity. The Luther sites in Eisleben and Wittenberg have this extraordinary universal value, as they represent a significant section in human history and as authentic sites of the Reformation are of extraordinary universal importance, "said Romans. Only if the extraordinary universal value is threatened, the World Heritage Committee put a place on the list of endangered world heritage to initiate support measures. "Only if conservation and conservation measures are unsuccessful will the World Heritage Committee consider withdrawing the title. This has happened twice in more than 1,000 World Heritage sites worldwide since 1972, "the spokeswoman said. Benecke will not be discouraged by that. Incidentally, the lawyer knows well Wittenberg from two multi-day visits in the Reformation year. "I took part in the vigil," said the lawyer and emphasized: "I am a Christian and not a Jew." Benecke will, however, refrain from an option to which the district court has previously mentioned, according to their own information. He will not turn on the prosecutor on suspicion of insult. "I see a claim for recovery, that is a purely civil claim. If someone votes for the whereabouts of the mockery at the city church, that is not punishable for me, "said the lawyer. (Mz) – Quelle: https://www.mz-web.de/30118228 ©2018