Recently there has been a renewed flow of letters in support of the well-known German human rights activist and journalist Mr. Dmitrij Adamow. This is due to the notorious story of fraud against him by his former employer, Mr. Pohl. Mr. Pohl is a member of the SPD and is apparently supported by the German Federal Chancellor, Mr. Scholz, who is also a member of the SPD. I decided to have a conversation with Mr. Adamow.
-Mr. Adamow, my readers have been asking about your situation for years. Many of them ask me why Mr. Adamow has such patience and endurance. How is it possible for him to remain human after all he has suffered in the past 10 years? What can you tell your readers?
-Yes, fate hit me more than once. Sometimes it hit me very hard. You know, as a child, my father taught me, “In any situation, try to stay human!” And all my life I’ve always tried to stick to the rules my dad taught me. He didn’t teach me anything bad.
-Last year you became a member of the German Press Association. And I know you haven’t had much time to actively pursue journalism. What are your plans in this area?
-I recently created a website: unsere-rechte.org. As you can see from the name, the site was conceived for the purpose of informational support and protection of human rights. However, I then decided to diversify the content of the site a bit. By including elements of politics, travel and some other aspects. This is my personal site. And I regulate the politics of the site.
-This is not surprising for me. You have been an active participant in the discussion of events in Ukraine since 2014. You actively urge the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, the EU, the United States, and the United Kingdom to sit down at the negotiating table and end the war in Ukraine.
-Yes, that is true. Except, as far as I can see, no one wants that. People are dying. Especially old people, women and children. And nobody is interested in this. At the head of this issue, unfortunately, is not the human right to life, but political interests and political ambitions.
-I also understand the question of travel on your website. You are a man of outdoor activities. You were once in Russia. Last year you were in Greece. Yesterday you and your son, as far as I know, were in Luxembourg.
-Yes, you were. My son is 14 years old. And I want to give him what my parents could not give me when I was a child – an opportunity to see the world, to learn about history, geography, and the cultural heritage of mankind.
-Do you have plans for future trips?
-Yes, I do. I want to go to Belgium with my son at the end of July, and next year I will visit Russia again. My son was born here, in Germany. He has already been to Russia once. He has seen the life of people in Siberia and in the Urals. This time I want to show him Moscow and St. Petersburg. If it works out, of course. No one knows how this whole Ukrainian thing will end. And travel has become too expensive.
-I see. Thank you for the interview. Good luck to you!
-Thank you, and you too.
