Rainer Rene Graf Adelmann von Adelmannsfelden

Rainer Rene Graf Adelmann of Adelmannsfelden (* 1948 in Wartaweil, Bavaria as Rene Freiherr von Godin ) is a former German lawyer, founder of the Federal German legionaries and the Christian Association for Family Support, an agent to secure the adoption of unborn children, and a business to trade with organ donation. He also operated a number of other shops, such as The competition observer and the Central Committee for general compliance Upper judicial jurisdiction in competition matters, both of which served to pick up small mistakes of business people at advertisements and to cover them with penalties or to for breaches of competition law in court bring.

After he failed to become a Catholic deacon, because he was a member of the Young Socialists, the youth organization of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Adelmann founded his own church, the Archdiocese of Munich of the Holy Catholic Orthodox Protestant Church of St. Matthew the Apostle, and created their own offices within this church. At the same time he also ran a funeral business at that time. In addition, he went into business with asylum seekers in Germany and proposed to combine this with his organ donation business if they did not have sufficient funds to finance their asylum application.

Because of its role in the trafficking of asylum seekers and because he had equipped them with false papers, Adelmann was sentenced in 1992 to 15 months in prison on probation. The weekly Die Zeit described him as a " business man without scruples ". He was mainly active during the 1980s and moved to this time the attention of the media attention, but this did not do more after his conviction in 1992. His own description According to Adelmann is a " man of many ideas."

Biography

Rainer Rene Graf Adelmann of Adelmannsfelden was born with the name Rene Freiherr von Godin, the son of a Bavarian lawyer in 1948. In 1973 he married Countess Michaela Adelmann of Adelmannsfelden (* 1953). The couple had ten children, born 1974-1988. His wife is the niece of the Bundestag (1957-1961) Raban Graf Adelmann ( 1912-1992 ). Rene Freiherr von Godin was named Graf Adelmann of Adelmannsfelden 1980. In the mid-1980s, the couple resided in the village Sentenhart in the south of Baden-Württemberg.

The Bavarian Ministry of Justice emphasized in 1982 Adel 's license to practice law because he had shown a lawyer unworthy. Adelman took the case to the Federal Court, but finally decided themselves to suspend his license.

German Bund Legionaries

Adelmann founded in the early 1980s, the League of German Legionnaires for the purpose of recruitment of legionaries from Germany for use in Asian and African countries. The German law prohibits the recruitment of German citizens for military service in foreign countries, and already the attempt is punishable with a penalty of up to five years in prison. Adelmann viewed this law as invalid because it, in his opinion, the requirement laid down in the German constitution freedom of occupation injured. He operated this business through the Terfina Asset Management GmbH and contacted foreign, mainly Asian and African embassies and governments with the intention to form a clientele.

1985 Adelmann had more than 400 applications available from previous Bundeswehr soldiers and unemployed adventurers who had been contacted by newspaper advertisements. In 1985, he claimed that an African country has expressed its interest to protect an oil pipeline. He also claimed to have present expressions of interest from Mozambique for personnel to protect the Cahora Bassa dam. He saw an opportunity to provide personnel to developing countries, which would still need for corrections concerning their borders and governments, which, however, lacked qualified staff to deal with modern weapons. His original plan was to recruit a train of 50 mercenaries, which should be led by a number of retired Bundeswehr sergeants.

To join the League of German Legion ( BDL), you had to pay $ 20 joining fee, followed by an additional $ 20 annual membership fee. For this noble man promised a combat training in Belgium and target practice in Switzerland. His new recruits should " learn to kill ." In this regard, he saw great potential in 18 -year-olds. He also guaranteed the return of fallen "heroes" to Germany and a dignified honorable remembrance.

Christian Association for Family Support

Another business that operate Adelmann, was the Christian Association for Family Support, intended for childless parents with an interest in the adoption of unborn babies. Officially, the club was closed mid-1980s, but continued his activities. Adelman asked for up to 32,000 DM for a successful adoption, whereby a portion of the money went to the child mother. The constancy prosecutor was investigating the business, but could not bring the indictment because it violated no existing law at the time it. It was explained, Adelmann have found a loophole.

In early 1988, he opened an adoption agency in Frankfurt, but they had to close for an arrangement of the Lord Mayor. This business suffered a temporary setback, was arrested as his aunt in Manila because of kidnappings, but recovered later.

Organ Donation

At his organ donation business Adelmann approached people who had to swear an oath, and whose names have therefore been published in the Federal Gazette. He offered them to help with their financial recovery, and was willing to pay up to DM 80,000 for a kidney, depending on the quality of the institution. The operation should take place in France. Adelmann claimed that the donation was legal, although both French and German doctors had spoken out against the procedure. In France, organ donations from living donors were accepted at that time, provided that no money was flowing. Adelmann simply hid the full truth before exporting hospital and was able to continue with the business. He later explained that it had been no operations. In 1989, he tried to extend its activities to the United Kingdom, and succeeded, there identify a number of willing donors, which he $ 30,000 and 50,000 per kidney was offering between U.S., with the intention of a net profit of 20% for each operation. However, after the first contact the potential donor did not hear anything from him. A short time later, the Parliament of the United Kingdom banned the sale of human organs for the purpose of transplantation.

Adel 's activities caused a 1989 inquiry in the German Bundestag for the intensification of the Organ Donation Act and to shorten the lengthy donation process. A number of parliamentarians of the Social Democratic Party asked what intended to do against the nobility 's activities the federal government.