Canadian activist Monika Schaefer arrested and jailed in Germany for showing up at Sylvia Stolz's trial
by Carolyn Yeager
MONIKA SCHAEFER, A CANADIAN-BORN WOMAN OF GERMAN HERITAGE, was visiting her brother Alfred in Germany when she was arrested while observing an open-to-the-public trial of Sylvia Stolz in Munich.
During a recess break in the trial, Schaefer was approached by authorities, handcuffed, and led away. According to eyewitnesses, she protested that she was a free Canadian citizen and was told, "If you wanted to remain free, you should have stayed in Canada."
Schaefer is reportedly being held in Stadelheim prison, Schwarzenbergstr 14, 81549 München, Germany. Friends of Monika are calling for sympathizers to send letters to the prison protesting her arrest and further incarceration.
UPDATE - Here are four Canadian officials we can write to and call, assembled by Arthur Topham. This definitely should be done.



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