On 4 June, two women peace activists went to prison in western Germany rather than pay fines for protesting at Germany’s Büchel air force base, which houses US nuclear weapons.
Susan Crane, 79, (of the Redwood City Catholic Worker House in California, USA) is serving 229 days, maybe getting out at the end of September. Susan van der Hijden, 54, (of the Catholic Worker in Amsterdam in the Netherlands) has a 115-day sentence, maybe getting out at the end of July.
Please send cards or letters to Susan Crane or Susan van der Hijden at: Justizvollzugsanstalt Rohrbach, Peter-Caesar-Allee 1, 55597 Wöllstein, Germany.
German activist Gerd Büntzly was due to go to prison on 15 June, but this has been delayed.
More info: www.nukeresister.org
Topics: Nuclear weapons, Prison