The Heartfelt Voice of German Citizens: “What You Are Doing is Wonderful!”

On November 3rd 2007, Falun Gong practitioners from Leipzig and the surrounding areas jointly held a Falun Gong Information Day in Leipzig city centre. They exposed eight years of bloody persecution against Falun Gong in mainland China by displaying poster boards, distributing leaflets and talking to passers by face to face.

Citizens of Leipzig reading the poster boards

One gentleman was walking past in a hurry; he took a leaflet revealing how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has harvested organs from living Falun Gong practitioners before cremating their bodies. He unexpectedly stopped and stood reading the leaflet with a serious expression on his face. After a while, he turned back to the practitioner who gave him the leaflet and said: “What you are doing is wonderful! I used to live in East Germany under the control of the German Communist Party. I know what fear and disaster this autocratic regime could bring to its people both mentally and physically. I thank God that it has finally disappeared from the land of Germany. I support you!”

There was one German family who came to practitioners after reading all the poster boards. The parents said: “We have always been very concerned about the environmental pollution problem in China. Because the air and the water are circulating, the environmental pollution problem in China is not a problem only for Chinese people – it will affect the whole earth. Today, by reading your material we have learned about such a serious human rights abuse in China. This is so upsetting!” A practitioner replied: “If we want to fix the problems completely, we must find the root. The root of so many problems in China is the CCP. They not only destroyed five thousands years of traditional Chinese culture by using violence, but also washed away the belief in Gods from Chinese people’s mindset entirely. Can you imagine what a society without any belief or reverence for Gods would become? So the fundamental method to solve all the current social problems in China is to do what Germany has done: let people fully realise the evilness of the CCP so that they become disgusted with it and want to get rid of it.” The whole family nodded and agreed.

A father was carrying his son on the back of his bicycle when they passed the display. The father was reading the contents very quickly from one end to the other. Suddenly, his son pointed to rows of pictures of Falun Gong practitioners who were persecuted to death by the CCP and asked: “What happened to them?” Upon hearing this, he took his son to the beginning of the display and read out the content on each of the pictures. He explained carefully to his son in a way that the little boy could understand, telling him what is truly happening in China.

As the end of the day drew near, one elderly man with a full head of grey hair walked towards practitioners very excitedly. “I’ve finally found you! I can’t lose contact with you again! Where is your book?” Seeing practitioners were all very confused, this elderly man took out his notebook, on one page were the words “Truthfulness, Benevolence, Forbearance”, which were written by a Falun Gong practitioner five years ago when they met by chance. At that time, this gentleman learned about Falun Gong. In the following five years, he searched for information about Falun Gong but could find nothing. After witnessing his excited expression, all the practitioners were touched.