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Iustitia Omnibus Gedanum- Fair Justice for
Danzig
Danzig People have Human Rights also!
This document
is about the unsolved situation on the subject of the exiled people of Danzig
and the continuing breach of their Human Rights ever since the end of March,
beginning of April 1945.
The Free City
of Danzig is a Nation established by International Treaty, the Treaty of
Versailles, never to be repudiated, and came under protection of the Geneva
League of Nations on November 15, 1920, de jure existing to this very day.
Illegally
annexed on September 01, 1939 by the Third Reich, her people immediately
pressed into War service, all Danzig citizens, by this illegal act, declared as
being illegal by the Nuremberg Military Tribunal, were forced to be citizens of
the Third Reich.
The City of
Danzig, as well as the whole territory of the City state was conquered by the
Red Army in late March of 1945, and was put under provisional Polish
administration by the Allied Powers at the Potsdam Conference until such time
when a Peace treaty with defeated Germany could be concluded.
This
however has not happened as promised, no decision in regard to a Peace treaty
with defeated Germany has been reached so far, and the legal status of the Free
State of Danzig still remains the same as it was on September 01, 1939.
As long as
this urgent matter is left unresolved, in legal terms, and in every other
respect, the territory of the Free City of Danzig is illegally occupied by
Poland.
With the
legal status of the Free City of Danzig as it is under the terms of International
Law, yet remains to be illegally occupied by Poland, now a Member of the EU, a
great many legal question need to be addressed, such as the, once upon a time
promised peace treaty to be worked out between the victorious Allied powers and
the Government of present Germany.
But things
have changed with the re-unification of the two Germany’s, the question of a
formal
Peace treaty has been circumvented, is not envisaged anymore, has either been
put into cold storage, not intended, or even abandoned altogether.
The present
Government of Germany, as the successor of the German Third Reich, with the
Third Reich being named as the Aggressor against Danzig, Germany, now declares
that she is neither willing, or able to formally take any responsibility as to
the present unresolved situation as far as the territory of the Free City of
Danzig is concerned, nor does Germany even think to consider resolving this
very pressing, legally embarrassing matter with the Polish Republic.
As there is
no action forthcoming on the part of the German government to resolve, once and
for all, all and every legal questions about the territory of the Free City of
Danzig, especially now that the Republic of Poland has been accepted as a
Member state of the European Union, the Polish Republic is very happy to let
sleeping dogs lay!
The
centuries old Polish wish, dream and desire of having taken possessing of a
“Prime piece of Real Estate” namely the territory of the Free City of Danzig,
and with it the Danzig Seaport, seems to have come finally true as there is,
seemingly no challenge coming from anyone, least of it from Germany.
We, the
autochthonic, earliest know inhabitants of our rightful Danzig territory, who
have been dispossessed of all of our earthly goods, and of our territory.
This was
done by way of “ethnic cleansing” of the entire Danzig population as carried
out by communist Polish regime that did expel everyone of Germanic blood by way
of force, by way of mass starvation, and in most cases at the point of the gun
from our territory, made only possible as darkness had descended onto communist
controlled Eastern Europe.
That period
in history, the Iron Curtain coming down, did last from 1945 until the fall of
Communism, and the dismantling of the Berlin Wall.
Up to this
time, we, the people of the Free State of Danzig, by quirk of fate condemned to
wander to all corners of the Planet where an ill wind has blown us, a
fractured, disjointed, marginalized and much demonised minority, therefore
stood no chance to raise our voices in an organized manner.
In spite of
all the difficulties, the hurt and humiliation experienced, we are determined
as ever to assert ourselves, and to claim our rights, and place among the
family of Nations.
We, original
Danziger, as well as our descendants have grown in numbers therefore throw out
the challenge to the Polish Republic, as well as to present Government of
Germany, in an effort to set the record straight, we the people, as the
original owner of our territory, lay legal claim again, as we have never tired
to do so since early 1945, to our rightful Home land and territory, but also to
all of our State and private property, as it was, on and before the German
Third Reich did invade our territory illegally, and the Republic of Poland did
likewise, did rob us of more than House and Home.
Sad to say, and as all the World is constantly proclaiming that Human Rights is for all inhabitants of our Planet as laid down by the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights” we, the people of Danzig seem to be totally forgotten.
Not just
forgotten but ostracized in the bargain, as the rest of the world does not even
want to acknowledge, don’t want to know even that we still do exist!
We
Danziger, have been obliterated from the annals of world history, and as a
people we have been wiped off the face of the Earth, wiped off all World Maps
and Atlases!
The powers
that be have swept us, the people of Danzig, under the proverbial carpet!
All of our
efforts to be heard have been, either ignored, refused to be taken notice of,
or been put into the “much too difficult” waste paper basket.
Any call by
our people, and this has been going on since 1945, for a fair hearing and
justice for Danzig, has to this very day been treated with total silence
and indifference, not to mention the utter frustration and anguish we have to
endure every time the powers that be, all the World Organizations and Human
Rights Institutions and Advocates, do not ever give us a “fair go”, no
justice of any kind nor do we get a hearing, fair or otherwise, only deadly
silence is coming out of the corridors of all the Bureaucrats who’s job it is
to keep us at bay indefinitely.
And by
they, we do mean World institutions like the United Nations Organization, the
European Union, the World communities, International Courts etc.
All of the
above and more, deny responsibility for our dismal existence, and to make
matters worse, we are shut out from any legal process.
Talking about Human Rights, such a notion does not apply to us, as is evident that some people, especially the well to do, the favoured and politically correct, are more equal than others.
A case in
point also is Amnesty International, and we are asking how on earth is it
possible that no entries about Danzig, and her people, can ever be found on AI
web archives?
Or is it
--as many Danzigers suspect, that a worldwide conspiracy of certain powerful
circles are sweeping our Human Rights, Rights for a Homeland and property under
the proverbial carpet?
What does
it take to get the world to sit up and acknowledge our plight and decide upon
these unsolved issues?
We, the people of Danzig worldwide demand to know the answers to all of the outstanding problems and questions!
At present,
the Human Rights issues of Tibet has drawn the attention and support of the
world--in spite of their case for autonomy and territorial independence being
rather a feeble and weaker case in comparison to the legal status, by
International Law, of the Free City of Danzig.
We have no
living God representing us, we have no Dalai Lama --and our compatriot, the Nobel
Laureate for Literature, Guenther Grass, is keeping silent, for his own
guilty reasons.
So what are
we to do?
Any
peaceful, non-violent approach by our people to achieve at least some kind of
fair justice has been ignored to date.
Sheer frustration is prompting some of our Senior citizens, on the brink of utter despair, to sacrifice themselves by way of protest, to douse their bodies with Petrol and immolate themselves in front of UNO buildings, or EU houses of Parliament, in order to draw attention to our peoples plight, so the world must listen, and finally does act!
Does it
really need to come to this? Is this kind of desperate sacrifice needed for
anyone to listen and take notice of the state of utter frustration and hopelessness
we Danziger are in?
We, the
people of Danzig are listed as Members by UNPO, and, in order to bring
attention to the world of our existence there is our English language site: www.danzigfreestate.org
Still under
construction but this site has a lot of facts about the Free State of Danzig
that any serious minded, and unbiased people may want to know about Danzig
glorious historical past since Danzig became a City of the Hanseatic League
under the Law of Luebeck in 1224, and was independent as a mighty commercial
power ever since.
After WW I,
Imperial Germany had to relinquish all rights over Danzig, by solemn treaty, the
As to our
Web site in English, that has been in operation without a break since early
1996.
Therefore,
no excuses can be made for the UN not to know about us.
This
applies especially so to some of our postings directed to the UN, and also
mailed by way of registration to UN HQ in New York, and to the UN High
Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva.
Further
information about Danzig can also to be found on Google and Wikipedia, but some
the info there must be taken with a grain of salt, whereas some of the facts
are truly presented, others have been manipulated and distorted to suit a
certain political agenda.
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An
excellent source of information on the subject matter are documents as
published by Prof. Alfredo de Zayas,
Prof.Gornig and the Book in the Volume in the German language by Dr.Hans
Viktor Boettcher, on: Die Freie Stadt Danzig/ISBN 3-88557-181-1 — Wege und
Umwege in die europaeische Zukunft.
Historischer
Rueckblick, staats und voelkerrechtliche Fragen.
(Historical
flashback as to State and International questions of Law)
It is our great misfortune that far too little is known about this, and even less published in the English language.
Accordingly,
and as we, the people of Danzig are struggling with a great many a problem to
find some recognition, are without any friends and support, we are on our own!
What can be
done in our situation?
Help we
need in any shape and form, who can help us, assist us in our dire struggle,
guide us in the right direction?
Currently
we are preparing, for a worldwide Census, the "Census Gedanum"--with
the view to involve all surviving Danzig families, and their descendents
scattered around the World, in a Class Action.
Not an easy
task to do in this uncertain time of human history, political changes and
upheaval.
Yet, as
hope burns eternal we are optimistic that there might be some well to do,
decent people out there prepared to come to our aid. Even moral support would
lift our spirits, but our needs to climb the steep mountain are manifold.
Perhaps
there is a lover of mankind, a real philanthropist, or two, out there, who
would be prepared to give us a helping hand?
Some Funds
also might be awaiting for a deserving cause, and our cause the Human Rights
entitlements of the people of Danzig comes, without doubt, in the category of
worthiness.
In any
case, we are hopeful, even though our destiny is very slow in the making.
We also
would appreciate some help/guidance in completing the formalities of our INGO
Trust Foundation.
Christian-Fredrick Mattner
Honorary First Trustee and MD
Danzig-Stiftung Ltd.
Ernst F. Kriesner
Honorary-Chairman