Testimonial letter from Udo Vierck
This letter is one of a remarkable series of over 2650 letters amassed in 1983 to support Osho's attempt to get permanent resident status in the US at the time of the Oregon ranch. The image is reproduced here with the kind permission of The Oregon Historical Society. Information about their collection of these letters and other supporting material -- the "Jeffrey Noles Rajneesh Collection", named for Osho's immigration lawyer Jeffrey Noles, who compiled them in 1983 and donated them to the OHS -- can be found at this page. The wiki is grateful to the OHS for making access available for these documents. For more information and links to all the letters, see Testimonial letters.
This letter is from Udo Vierck. It is "Exhibit A-1893" in the Noles collection.
The text version below has been created by optical character recognition (OCR), from the images supplied by OHS. It has not been checked for errors but this process usually results in over 99% correct transcription. Most apparent "errors" are correct transcriptions of typos already in the original.
The original letter, written in German, appears first, followed by its English translation. The image on the right in the text box links to a pdf file with the whole original letter, the translation and a notary statement attesting to the validity of the translation. It has 2 pages.
 DIPL. ING. UDO VIERCK ARCHITEKT • MAILLINGERSTRASSE 34 • 8000 MÜNCHEN 19 rajneesh Services offener Brief an die amerikanischen Behörden Es freut mich, daß ich diesen Brief schreiben und vielleicht mit dazu beitragen kann, daß Bhagwan nicht aus Amerika ausgewiesen wird. Ich bin kein Sanyasin aber ich bin überzeugt, daß das Leben auf dieser Erde nur erhalten werden kann, wenn die Menschen zu der Bewußtheit kommen, zu der Bhagwan sie führen möchte. Ich habe noch die Hoffnung, daß durch die Kraft der Liebe der Sinn des Lebens, das Leben zu erhalten sich erfüllen wird. Laßt Bhagwan weiter wirken dafür! translationQualified engineer . Udo Vierck . Architect . Maillingerstr 34 8000 Munich 19 open letter to the American authorities I’m glad that I can write this letter and maybe help see that Bhagwan is not expelled from America. I am not a sannyasin, but I am convinced that life on this earth can only be maintained if people come to the consciousness that Bhagwan would like to lead them to. I still hope that the meaning of life to maintain life will come about through the strength of love. Let Bhagwan carry on working towards this. Udo Vierck |
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