Germany: People Support Falun Gong Practitioners' Efforts to End the Persecution

Falun Gong practitioners in several German cities held Information Day activities over the weekends in early September 2012. Their purpose was to raise public awareness about the brutality of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in its more than 13-year persecution of Falun Gong. People who learned the truth expressed their support for the practitioners' efforts to end the persecution.

Collecting Petition Signatures in Deggendorf

Practitioners collected signatures in Deggendorf in eastern Bavaria on September 8 to call for an end to the CCP's atrocities of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners.

A citizen in Deggendorf comes to find out where the free Falun Gong exercise class is held

Despite the extremely hot sun, the practitioners repeatedly demonstrated the peaceful Falun Gong exercises. Shortly after they finished a one-hour exercise session, a police car stopped beside the information booth. The officer told practitioners that he came to see what they were doing. The officer asked why such a peaceful practice was being persecuted in China.

A practitioner shared her understanding with him. She said that Falun Gong's cultivation principles are Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, while what the communist party advocates are falsehood, evil, and violence. The communist party attempted to eradicate Falun Gong in three months, but after 13 years, Falun Gong hasn't disappeared from China, but instead has been widely embraced around the world.

The practitioner also told the police officer her own experience. She used to be deceived by the CCP's propaganda and had misunderstandings about Falun Gong. In addition, Falun Gong books were destroyed at the beginning of the persecution campaign in China, so many people couldn't learn the truth. After she came to Germany and got in touch with practitioners and read the Falun Gong books, she understood what Falun Gong is really about and began practising.

She has benefited both physically and mentally from the practice. The police officer was quite impressed. Before leaving, the practitioner recommended the officer to read the latest Minghui International Special Edition after he got home. The officer took a copy and put it in his pocket.

A city government employee came over to check practitioners' permit for the event. The practitioner in charge showed him the permit and told him that the event was held to stop the CCP's harvesting of organs from living Falun Gong practitioners. Patients can have organ transplants in one to two weeks in China, which means that there has to be a bank of living donors. The official was astonished and said, “What? One to two weeks? Then I'll definitely sign the petition.” He took a copy of the Minghui Special Edition to find out detailed information on the CCP's atrocity.

A practitioner greeted a woman who was hurrying by the information booth. When she learned that it was a Falun Gong event to call for an end to the persecution, she stopped and walked back to the booth. After learning the facts, she signed the petition to oppose the persecution. She also said that her husband often travelled to China on business and that she would have him read the information. She also took a Minghui Special Edition.

During the activity, many visitors showed interest in learning to practice Falun Gong and left their contact information.

People in a Small Town on the Banks of the Danube Shocked

Donauwoerth is a small town located on the banks of the Danube in Germany. Historically, it was an important trade centre and is filled with classical architecture, which makes it a popular tourist destination. An ecology bazaar was held there on September 9, and many people from the surrounding areas came and learned for the first time about the brutal persecution of Falun Gong in China.

People in a small town on the banks of Danube River are shocked at the CCP's brutal persecution of Falun Gong

Practitioners introduced Falun Gong and exposed the CCP's brutality in persecuting its practitioners. Many people were shocked at and condemned the CCP's atrocities of harvesting organs from living practitioners. Some said that they would tell their families and friends about the CCP's atrocities and that such a wicked regime shouldn't be allowed to exist.

People expressed their appreciation for learning the truth and their hope that the human rights catastrophe taking place on the other side of the world would end soon.