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November 29. In Paris I gave a speech on the
meaning of my crusade to the International League Against Racism and
Anti-Semitism. I had made up my mind that I would accept every invitation to
speak, whatever it was, so that I could make the facts about Kiesinger known to
all.
December 1. I had hardly gotten off the train in Munich
when a basset hound came up to me followed by a man holding a bunch of flowers.
He introduced himself as a Mr. Koenig, a journalist. It was he who had invited
me to Munich and had organized a meeting in the Rationaltheater. He suggested
that I spend that Sunday with him and his family. His wife's greeting, however,
was far from cordial. Lunch ended in a quarrel because Koenig did not want to
help with the dishes.
It was not until I was leaving that I grasped
what that man had in mind. He wanted to be my manager and organize a lecture
tour through Germany – to put me on display as though I were the woman who
gets shot out of a cannon in the circus. He would pay all expenses and keep
half of the ticket sales. He was flabbergasted when I turned him down.
December 2. The audience at the Rationaltheater, Munich's
political cabaret, was composed of all the city's journalistic and literary
figures, who had come to inspect me as if I were some strange animal. They were
expecting some kind of sensational show, but were disappointed. So was my would
be manager, who had suggested that I jazz up my story. Poor fellow! I never saw
him again.
December 3. I felt much more comfortable at the
teach-in at Munich University. That evening I announced that I was going to run
for election against Chancellor Kiesinger in September 1969. I thought I might
thereby escape the prison sentence that awaited me when my case was heard at
the Court of Appeals. Also, I could wage my own campaign with greater effect.
All I had to do was find a political organization that would support me against
Kiesinger.
December 7. In Dortmund I spoke to the communist
youth of the Federal Republic. Also finished my recording.
December
10. The Jewish Students' Movement had set up a debate in the Edmond Fleg
Center in Paris on the topic, "Was It Necessary to Slap Chancellor Kiesinger?"
There were heated dis […cussions]
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