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B: ...Mrs. M., how did you start [to work with Dr. Hamer]?

B: ...Mrs. M., how did you start [to work with Dr. Hamer]?

M: The clinic was closed December 31, 1984, because it was taken from a list of planned clinics [Krankenhauszielplan]. I continued to work there until June 30 1985 to conclude some work. And that Dr. Hamer presented himself in an assembly of the community and asked who wanted to work for him. I had family and so of course I said yes, I want to work for you.

M: The hospital was closed December 31, 1984, because it was taken from a list of planned clinics [Krankenhauszielplan]. I continued to work there until June 30, 1985 to conclude some work. And that Dr. Hamer presented himself in an assembly of the community and asked who wanted to work for him. I had family and so of course I said yes, I want to work for you.

B: You worked as a secretary and you were in the administration?

B: You worked as a secretary and you were in the administration?

B: Looking back, how would you describe your time with Dr. Hamer?

B: Looking back, how would you describe your time with Dr. Hamer?

M: I can describe it as a very chaotic period and exhausting time. Chaotic because he [Hamer] had no money, we sometimes did not have enough money to feed our patients and so it was very, very difficult to work there. He could not practise a therapy because sometimes there were no drugs available to relieve pain. I don't even know how he practised his therapy, what he used for his therapies.

M: I can describe it as a very chaotic period and exhausting time. Chaotic because he [Hamer] had no money, we sometimes did not have enough money to feed our patients and so it was very, very difficult to work there. He could not practice a therapy because sometimes there were no drugs available to relieve pain. I don't even know how he practiced his therapy, what he used for his therapies.

B: Have you ever seen someone healed by his methods, as he claims?

B: Have you ever seen someone healed by his methods, as he claims?

B: And then some people died there. You worked there about half a year?

B: And then some people died there. You worked there about half a year?

M: It was from August to December [1985], not even half a year. Four, five months, this story did not last any longer.

M: It was from August to December [1985], not even half a year. Four, five months, this thing did not last any longer.

B: What happened to the patients who died or with the terminally ill patients before they died?

B: What happened to the patients who died or with the terminally ill patients before they died?

M: I remember a terrible event happening to me. He was always looking for money. And friends in France supported him very much. And when there was absolutely no money left, he took his car and went to France. And then he left the patients and us alone for days. Sometimes it took two or three days before he came back. And I had a terrible experience - he was out, or he was about to go, early in the morning - and he asked me to take care of a particular French female patient. And after he left us and two or one hour later I thought: "Okay, now you should go up to the ward." I was in the office usually. And I entered the room, stood at the bed and thought: "Strange - this woman is not breathing anymore." And in fact she did not breathe, and I touched her and she was completely cold already. The rigor mortis had set in long before. Recalling this, I feel something cold and hot running down my back, and still have problems remembering it. Seeing it from his point of view, then he acted this way because he wanted money for one more day from her family. But this woman, in my opinion, died earlier, during the night before, and he knew that, and he simply fled.

M: I remember a terrible event happening to me. He was always looking for money. And friends in France supported him very much. And when there was absolutely no money left, he took his car and went to France. And then he left the patients and us alone for days. Sometimes it took two or three days before he came back. And I had a terrible experience - he was out, or he was about to go, early in the morning - and he asked me to take care of a particular French female patient. And after he left us and two or one hour later I thought: "Okay, now you should go up to the ward." I was in the office usually. And I entered the room, stood at the bed and thought: "Strange - this woman is not breathing anymore." And in fact she did not breathe, and I touched her and she was completely cold already. The rigor mortis had set in long before. Recalling this, I feel something cold and hot running down my back, and still have problems remembering it. Seeing it from his point of view, then he acted this way because he wanted money for one more day from her family. But this woman, in my opinion, died earlier, during the night before, and he knew that, and he simply fled.

B: Is it possible, from your point of view, that he did not want to accept reality?

B: Is it possible, from your point of view, that he did not want to accept reality?

B: Did the other hospitals accept this procedure without protest?

B: Did the other hospitals accept this procedure without protest?

M: It was already known in the region that Dr. Hamer practised as a self-declared oncologist in this clinic in Katzenelnbogen, even if it is not apt to call that "practising". You cannot call that practising. He did not use any particular method, used no drugs, not in the way of natural medicine and not in way of scientific medicine, being able to really treat and help. The surrounding clinics and physicians knew that he...

M: It was already known in the region that Dr. Hamer practiced as a self-declared oncologist in this clinic in Katzenelnbogen, even if it is not appropriate to call that "practicing". You cannot call that practicing. He did not use any particular method, used no drugs, not in the way of natural medicine and not in way of scientific medicine, being able to really treat and help. The surrounding clinics and physicians knew that he...

B: ...there were many female and male French patients among his patients during [your] period there. Where are they now? In the surrounding hospitals?

B: ...there were many female and male French patients among his patients during [your] period there. Where are they now? In the surrounding hospitals?

M: Yes, some of them, too... or he dismissed them to their home. He asked them to return home. I don't know what he told relatives, he spoke a good French and we did not speak French.

M: Yes, some of them, too... or he dismissed them to their homes. He asked them to return home. I don't know what he told relatives, he spoke a good French and we did not speak French.

B: So he wanted these dying French patients to return home to France in an ambulance...

B: So he wanted these dying French patients to return home to France in an ambulance...

M: There were also people who had a chance. I remember a young lady from France, not knowing exactly how advanced her disease was.. But when she came to us she was in a relatively good condition, however, I say this as a not competent person. But he said, - it was a young lady, a girl - "She has cancer". And she gained some fun in life during her first 14 days there. And she was open-minded. Hamer sent her home. And this woman came back three or four weeks later, being a bit more ill and having lost weight. And so he repeated this procedure twice. And at a certain point I knew that she died, also. I don't know the medical point of view, was not a patient, had no relatives who died there after his cure. I can only describe it from the point of view of a person working in the administration. It was chaotic. I don't wish myself or anybody from my family to be treated by him.

M: There were also people who had a chance. I remember a young lady from France, not knowing exactly how advanced her disease was.. But when she came to us she was in a relatively good condition, however, I say this as a not competent person. But he said, - it was a young lady, a girl - "She has cancer". And she gained some fun in life during her first 14 days there. And she was open-minded. Hamer sent her home. And this woman came back three or four weeks later, being a bit more ill and having lost weight. And so he repeated this procedure twice. And at a certain point I knew that she died, also. I don't know the medical point of view, was not a patient, had no relatives who died there after his cure. I can only describe it from the point of view of a person working in the administration. It was chaotic. I don't wish myself or anybody from my family to be treated by him.

B: Watching his internet-homepage ([http://www.neue-medizin.de]) and his presentations: Did you have the impression that he liked fighting [quarrel] or that he had the feeling to be persecuted in a particular way?

B: Watching his internet homepage ([http://www.neue-medizin.de]) and his presentations: Did you have the impression that he liked fighting [quarrel] or that he had the feeling to be persecuted in a particular way?

M: Of course... I believe that this is problem, that he felt persecuted. And the death of his son [Dirk Hamer died in December 1978]... and what he used repeated several times: that his wife [Sigrid Oldenburg] got cancer [she died of breast cancer in 1985] because of the death of his son, and she did not believe in his method and that she died because of this fact. And he was in battle with everyone. He accepted only himself, and he did not accept his clinic having been closed and continued to practise. From one day to the next we were a boarding house, we had no license as a clinic. So he said: "Okay, then I am a boarding house." He was in dispute with everybody. There was no possibility to discuss matters with him, even problems in the administration.

M: Of course... I believe that this is problem, that he felt persecuted. And the death of his son [Dirk Hamer died in December 1978]... and what he used to repeat several times: that his wife [Sigrid Oldenburg] got cancer [she died of breast cancer in 1985] because of the death of his son, and she did not believe in his method and that she died because of this fact. And he was in battle with everyone. He accepted only himself, and he did not accept his clinic having been closed and continued to practice. From one day to the next we were a boarding house, we had no license as a clinic. So he said: "Okay, then I am a boarding house." He was in dispute with everybody. There was no possibility to discuss matters with him, even problems in the administration.

B: Concluding, I would like to know since when did you notice that there was something wrong with him? You worked there because you were there in the administration in the past. Since when did you start to wonder?

B: Concluding, I would like to know when you first noticed that there was something wrong with him? You worked there because you were there in the administration in the past. When did you start to wonder?

M: It just took a short time. But recalling this period it seems that it was a long time. Thinking about that time I can't believe that it was only a period of five months, because this time was so chaotic and agitating... and remembering it I wish I never experienced this time. It was clear for us within a short time, after four to six weeks: "This is chaotic and there is no future with Dr. Hamer." Even if we could not say this from a medical point of view, and we could not say this to him, because we had no medical knowledge. I am an administration employee and have no professional medical education. Everybody who worked with him - and the local government -  refused cooperation with him somehow.

M: It just took a short time. But recalling this period it seems that it was a long time. Thinking about that time I can't believe that it was only a period of five months, because this time was so chaotic and agitating... and remembering it, I wish I never experienced this time. It was clear for us within a short time, after four to six weeks: "This is chaotic and there is no future with Dr. Hamer." Even if we could not say this from a medical point of view, and we could not say this to him, because we had no medical knowledge. I am an administration employee and have no professional medical education. Everybody who worked with him - and the local government -  refused cooperation with him somehow.

B: Mrs. M,. thank you very much for this interview.

B: Mrs. M,. thank you very much for this interview.

B: Later, you were stunned. How did this happen?

B: Later, you were stunned. How did this happen?

F: Yes, after a few nights I worked there, I was somehow shocked, because he did not put into practise what he promised [himself] in the beginning.

F: Yes, after I worked there for a few nights, I was somehow shocked, because he did not put into practice what he promised [himself] in the beginning.

B: What did he promise in the beginning?

B: What did he promise in the beginning?

B: You also noticed that he left patients alone without any treatment?

B: You also noticed that he left patients alone without any treatment?

F: Yes, in a way because in the evening, when I was looking into one or the other of the patient's rooms, they told me: "Oh, is it possible someone looks after us? I saw nobody during the whole of last week." Apart from personnel on day-service, of course, who delivered food and so on. But no medical treatment there. And they were a bit shocked to see that no doctor visited them regularly like it is common in other hospitals, where a doctor is looking after patients once or twice a day.

F: Yes, in a way, because in the evening, when I was looking into one or the other of the patient's rooms, they told me: "Oh, is it possible someone looks after us? I saw nobody during the whole of last week." Apart from personnel on day-service, of course, who delivered food and so on. But no medical treatment there. And they were a bit shocked to see that no doctor visited them regularly like it is common in other hospitals, where a doctor is looking after patients once or twice a day.

B: You told me in a preliminary chat about a particular female patient who had a hole in her thigh and an open leg without treatment. How was that?

B: In a previous talk you told me about a particular female patient who had a hole in her thigh and an open leg without treatment. How was that?

F: Yes, I happened to look into her room because I heard someone whimpering, and I thought: What's going on behind that door, and I looked in and sat down next to her asking what she had and so on. And then she said: "Yes, it's my cancer ulceration, and Dr. Hamer will..." ... At the end he wanted to heal that cancer. And I said: "Why are you crying, what sort of pain do you have ?" Then she lifted her blanket and I could see a hole in her thigh as large as a fist, and you could see the bone. And there was no treatment. So I answered: "Yes, why is nobody doing anything?" "Ah yes, he gave me some powder, and in case of pain I had to disperse some of that powder into the wound." I thought: "Never seen anything like that before!"

F: Yes, I happened to look into her room because I heard someone whimpering, and I thought: What's going on behind that door, and I looked in and sat down next to her, asking what she had and so on. And then she said: "Yes, it's my cancer ulceration, and Dr. Hamer will..." ... At the end he wanted to heal that cancer. And I said: "Why are you crying, what sort of pain do you have ?" Then she lifted her blanket and I could see a hole in her thigh as large as a fist, and you could see the bone. And there was no treatment. So I answered: "Yes, why is nobody doing anything?" "Ah yes, he gave me some powder, and in case of pain I had to disperse some of that powder into the wound." I thought: "Never seen anything like that before!"

B: Have you seen other similar cases? Extreme cases, in which you would say: "That's a bit extreme"?

B: Have you seen other similar cases? Extreme cases, in which you would say: "That's a bit extreme"?

F: Yes, I noticed a young girl. I suppose she had a bone tumour, and she was in terrible pain... One night she was beating her head in a rhythmic way against the wall of the room. And when I said to him [Hamer] "Doctor, we must absolutely give something to that girl, this [situation] is not normal", then he said "For God's sake, we must not give her any analgetic drug, that would influence the blood so that no healing process occurs." Yes, at that moment I believed that, being ignorant at that moment, I thought: "He ought to know".

F: Yes, I noticed a young girl. I suppose she had a bone tumour, and she was in terrible pain... One night she was beating her head against the wall of the room in a rhythmic way. And when I said to him [Hamer] "Doctor, we must absolutely give something to that girl, this [situation] is not normal", then he said "For God's sake, we must not give her any analgetic drug, that would influence the blood so that no healing process occurs." Yes, at that moment I believed that, being ignorant, at that moment I thought: "He ought to know".

B: You had no professional medical education at that time, you were only asked to help some people there for some nights.

B: You had no professional medical education at that time, you were only asked to help some people there for some nights.

F: Yes, I was especially hired for a French lady: she had breast cancer and her bandage had to be changed several times per night, but apart from her I was not supposed to take care of other people, because it was simply not my duty, since I was engaged by this Frenchman, her husband. But still, if you are alone in a ward at night, you look here and there, and if someone cries or moans - then you think: "You simply must have a look..."

F: Yes, I was especially hired for a French lady: she had breast cancer and her bandage had to be changed several times per night, but apart from her I was not supposed to take care of other people, because it was simply not my duty, since I was engaged by this Frenchman, her husband. But still, if you are alone in a ward at night, you look here and there, and if someone is crying or moaning - then you think: "You simply must have a look..."

B: You stayed there a longer time, because, if I understood correctly, you were meant to stay there until the arrival of a nurse.

B: You stayed there a longer time, because, if I understood correctly, you were meant to stay there until the arrival of a nurse.

B: So, this Mr. Hamer took care of a girl with a bone tumour ? We talked about that case earlier, can you explain that again?

B: So, this Mr. Hamer took care of a girl with a bone tumour ? We talked about that case earlier, can you explain that again?

F: Yes, I noticed when her suffering increased and we thought: "Oh God, the poor girl, we must help her" ...then I said to him: "Doctor, what can I do ?" Then he said: "Oh, it's not your duty, I will sleep next to her this night, this will appease her, and she will feel comforted and safe. And so on and on, and I thought: "This is a strange method, a doctor sleeping next to a patient, to appease her and make her feel safe. Never heard about this..". And that was a bit mysterious. And this only happened in the case of that young girl..

F: Yes, I noticed when her suffering increased and we thought: "Oh God, the poor girl, we must help her" ...then I said to him: "Doctor, what can I do ?" Then he said: "Oh, it's not your duty, I will sleep next to her this night, this will appease her, and she will feel comforted and safe." And so on and on, and I thought: "This is a strange method, a doctor sleeping next to a patient, to appease her and make her feel safe. Never heard about this..". And that was a bit mysterious. And this only happened in the case of that young girl..

B: And during the period you stayed there, he never gave any drugs?

B: And during the period you stayed there, he never gave any drugs?

B: In the case of bone tumour, in that specific case, or analgetic drugs, he did not give anything?

B: In the case of bone tumour, in that specific case, or analgetic drugs, he did not give anything?

F: No. This was not allowed, It ought not to happen. What happened earlier.. I started only in October [1985]... there must have been some drugs earlier, because once I heard: "The pharmacy does not give us drugs any more..", so he was able to get drugs from that pharmacy before.

F: No. This was not allowed. It ought not to happen. What happened earlier.. I started only in October [1985]... there must have been some drugs earlier, because once I heard: "The pharmacy does not give us drugs any more..", so he was able to get drugs from that pharmacy before.

B: You told me you noticed, during your nights there, he was working on his CT brain-scans very often.

B: You told me you noticed, during your nights there, he was working on his CT brain-scans very often.

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F: Yes, he once called me to come down [to the first floor], because I also started to question his theories slowly, and then he said: "I show you that, I can explain that to you, so that you will see from what this arises." So I went down to his room and he had hung up many CT brain-scans, and he explained to me: "This is Mrs X und that is Mr Y. Look at this skull here: there is that spot, this focus, and there is that focus being the cause, and caused by psychological problems" Shocks they had apparently had in the past, causing the cancer later. That was new to me, I never heard about that before and so I thought at that time: "This may perhaps be true." If you have never heard or seen anything about that before, then you think... Especially as a layman - I was a layman at that time. If I had had my professional training as a nurse at that time, then I would have been able to ask some questions. But being a layman you are... a bit innocent confronting such a thing...

F: Yes, he once called me to come down [to the first floor], because I also started to question his theories eventually, and then he said: "I show you that, I can explain that to you, so that you will see from what this arises." So I went down to his room and he had hung up many CT brain-scans, and he explained to me: "This is Mrs X und that is Mr Y. Look at this skull here: there is that spot, this focus, and there is that focus being the cause, and caused by psychological problems". Shocks they had apparently had in the past, causing the cancer later. That was new to me, I never heard about that before and so I thought at that time: "This may perhaps be true." If you have never heard or seen anything about that before, then you think... Especially as a layperson - I was a layperson at that time. If I had had my professional training as a nurse at that time, then I would have been able to ask some questions. But being a layperson you are... a bit innocent confronting such a thing...

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F: ..he forgot that apparently, because he used to work as a scientific physician before. But that was the past and what he had assumed now. was the truth now in his mind.

F: ..he forgot that apparently, because he used to work as a scientific physician before. But that was in the past and what he had assumed now, was the truth now in his mind.

B: So he was absolutely convinced of his ideas?

B: So he was absolutely convinced of his ideas?

F: Absolutely. Without doubt - he never showed any doubt about his method for even a second. He also never allowed any external objection. If someone dared to say: "Doctor Hamer, don't you think this or that would be the right way..?" "No, for God's sake, no!" Just at the hint: "We must give that girl something, to cease her suffering..." "For God's sake !"

F: Absolutely. Without doubt - he never showed any doubt about his method for even a second. He also never allowed any external objections. If someone dared to say: "Doctor Hamer, don't you think this or that would be the right way..?" "No, for God's sake, no!" Just at the hint: "We must give that girl something, to cease her suffering..." "For God's sake!"

B: Later, you worked with other physicians, were they also so absolutely convinced?

B: Later, you worked with other physicians, were they also so absolutely convinced?

B: So this was extraordinary?

B: So this was extraordinary?

F: That was extraordinary.

F: This was extraordinary.

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