o.deutsch@ikg-wien.at
office@ikg-wien.at
Dear Mr Deutsch,
I write with regard to the tragic and highly unjust situation concerning Beth Alexander and her sons, Samuel and Benjamin.
While I don't know Beth personally, I live in the North Manchester community where she grew up and we share a great many friends.
Beth's plight defies all understanding and those who have come to learn of her story over the last decade cannot fail to be moved by it, be they those closest to her, those who know her merely by association, or indeed those who simply know of her situation and who display empathy.
One thing that has struck me as quite extraordinary is the hope that Beth has continued to cling onto in her fight to become reunited with her children, given the distress that she has had to endure of, at least to me, unfathomable magnitude. Perhaps this might stand to reason if the ultimate goal is the reunification with something so dear as one's own children, but in any case, it seems to serve as a true testament to the power of the human spirit in the face of such adversity.
Much as Beth's own spirit is here exposed, it would be becoming of yourself right now to tap into the powers of your own human spirit, and as such, I, along with so many others, implore you to reach out (or rather within) to your sense of integrity and use your position of authority and influence as the president of the Viennese Jewish community to bring about the real change for the better that is so shockingly overdue.
Put quite simply, action must be taken and injustice must not prevail.
With kind regards.
Jonathan Sherbourne
Manchester, UK
#openletterstodeutsch #reunitingbethwithhersons
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