Germany: Information Day in Freiburg im Breisgau

Practitioners held an information day activity in downtown Freiburg im Breisgau on Saturday, May 21, 2011. They continued their efforts to introduce Falun Gong and raise people's awareness about the brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) over the past ten plus years. Many people who have learned the facts signed the petition to express their support for the practitioners' efforts to end the persecution. Some wanted to learn to practise Falun Gong.

Practitioners hold an information day activity in downtown Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

People sign the petition to express their support for practitioners' efforts to end the persecution

Mr. Burgkhardt took a flyer from a practitioner as he hastily passed by the information desk. Shortly after, he returned and looked at the petition protesting the CCP's harvesting of organs from living Falun Gong practitioners. He said, “I just read the information—it's too bad.” He then signed the petition. He came back again with a lady. The lady also signed the petition and said, “You must persevere until it ends. We wish you success!”

A man took a flyer and read it right away. He was shocked to learn about the CCP's organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners. He showed his concern for the practitioners, and said, “I hope such a thing won't happen to you. It's really very dangerous. You have to be careful.”

After learning about the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong, a lady signed the petition and left with a flyer. Shortly after, she returned and told a practitioner, “I've read it. You can give this flyer to someone else. I wish you success!”

Practitioners came across many kindhearted people who showed their support for Falun Gong practitioners. They also met with people with predestined relationships who wanted to learn to practise Falun Gong.

A young man walked up to the information desk excitedly and told practitioners that he had met with Falun Gong practitioners in Cologne. After finding out more about Falun Gong, he felt it would be beneficial for him to practice it, so he taught himself the first three exercises according to the free instructions available online. He said that practising Falun Gong made him calm and concentrated. He wanted to do the exercises with practitioners in the future.

A middle-aged woman came when the activity was about to conclude. She read Zhuan Falun in 2002, but later she stopped learning Falun Gong, because she read an article written by someone pretending to be Mr. Li Hongzhi. She came across Falun Gong practitioners today and learned that Mr. Li didn't write that article at all, it was by someone who deliberately defamed Falun Gong to mislead and confuse people. She felt many of her doubts were resolved after having a conversation with practitioners. She said happily, “I can feel that I have a big karmic relationship with Falun Gong.” She inquired about information on practice sites before leaving.

Practitioners also met with several Chinese people. Some said that they had learned the facts and had already quit the CCP organizations, while others asked the practitioners to help them quit that day. A middle-aged Chinese woman told practitioners that she had read the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party, but she had never joined any CCP organisations. Even when a Party secretary locked her in a room to force her to write an application to join the CCP, she didn't comply. When asked why she was so determined, she answered that she knew that she could definitely not join the CCP. She believed it was her enlightenment from a previous lifetime.