Most people dread a letter from the tax office So spare a thought for the German man who got 1700 of them In an administrative meltdown worthy of a Franz Kafka novel the mountain of tax correspondence arrived at his front door in 10 boxes Germany's finance ministry apologised on Wednesday for the "technical error" that threw the man from Quickborn in northern Germany "The finance ministry has contacted the taxpayer and apologised," said a ministry spokeswoman The ministry offered to take the letters - which were all identical - off the man's hands and destroy them Europe's biggest economy may be at the forefront of many advanced industries but has long suffered from notoriously outdated bureaucratic quirks Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition government has repeatedly pledged to cut red tape and moved to offer certain administrative processes online Even Scholz has admitted to being baffled by German bureaucracy complaining in 2022 that he had to apply in person for his passport and ID card rather than online it emerged that some 1600 fax machines were still lurking in the German parliament as the government announced it was finally planning to get rid of them IRD says it will still use social media for marketing but stop using targeted lists of customers - though it did not rule out that approach being reactivated in future An analysis of Asia Pacific Group's bank accounts showed that more than $800,000 had been diverted for the woman's personal use The Inland Revenue says it has started visiting nearly 300 businesses - identified from anonymous tipoffs - as part of its work on the "hidden economy" Although the process goes smoothly for most A Waikato man who falsely claimed nearly $200,000 in Covid-19 support money has been sentenced to home detention World RSS Follow RNZ News Thomas Himmel has developed a renovation plan for the eighteen holes at Golf-Club An der Pinnau in northern Germany A pilot project on the par-five third includes a new green and greenside lake relocated fairway bunkers and a reworked fairway A construction shot of the new lake and green Thomas Himmel has completed initial work at Golf-Club An der Pinnau in Quickborn ahead of a full renovation of the club’s A and B nines and focuses on renewing the 40-year-old greens on the two nines plus work on bunkers and the irrigation system The club’s C nine is not part of the renovation Contractor Brehmer Golfbau began construction for the pilot project in November 2022 on the 528-yard par-five third hole on the A nine The hole is due to reopen in June with a new green and greenside lake “The existing push-up and poa annua-covered greens are prone to illness and once they have been replaced with modern greens and grass they should extend the playing season by two or three months a year as well as being more resilient for the upcoming restrictions of pesticide use,” said Himmel All fairway bunkers on both A and B nines will be relocated so that they are more in play for modern driving distances “Our work also includes a reduction of sand areas which will reduce the club’s labour needs,” said Himmel Tree removal will be undertaken to address root and shade issues “Due to a natural and high-water table close the Pinnau river and the existence of beautiful trees is a key aspect of the redesign,” said Himmel The routing of the course remains the same but tees will be added to make the holes more flexible and hole lengths and tee angles will be adjusted to improve safety and make the course more player friendly Two greens will be relocated due to shade issues and two relocated to enhance the design Construction is scheduled to begin on the remaining eight holes of the A nine in autumn 2023 the Itzehoe Regional Court in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein sentenced 97-year-old Irmgard Furchner a former secretary at the Stutthof concentration camp near Gdansk to a suspended juvenile sentence of two years for aiding and abetting murder in more than 10,500 cases Furchner worked at the concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland between June 1943 and April 1945 as a secretary to camp commandant Paul Werner Hoppe she “assisted those in charge of the camp in the systematic killing of detainees.” It is the first trial in which a civilian employee of a concentration camp stood trial Since Furchner was between 18 and 19 years old at the time the trial against her was held before the Juvenile Chamber of the Itzehoe Regional Court The trial took place in a warehouse in the industrial area of Itzehoe which had been converted into an improvised courtroom numerous joint plaintiffs and their attorneys and social distancing rules from coronavirus protection measures as the defendant had initially attempted to evade the start of the trial by fleeing from her senior citizens’ residence in Quickborn by cab on September 30 the court heard witness testimony of eight joint plaintiffs over 40 days These concentration camp survivors recounted the suffering and mass death at Stutthof they desired to present the monstrous crimes of the Nazi regime Through the international media they also wanted to let a larger audience know what had been done to them and their relatives All those involved were well aware that the sentence could only have a symbolic character after such a long time But it was important to them that these acts as well as those who had participated in and enabled them They did not want what had happened at that time to be forgotten survivors of the Stutthof concentration camp and their relatives simultaneously made a case against the current dangers of fascism and war Whoever worked in it was guilty of making these atrocities possible Claims by the defendants and their defense attorneys that they had no knowledge of much of what went on in the camp were not very credible from the outset and were refuted during the trial both by the historical expert and by the testimony of survivors of the Stutthof concentration camp The Stutthof concentration camp is less well known than the camps at Auschwitz The camp in Nazi-occupied Poland was opened on September 2 one day after the German Wehrmacht [military] invaded Poland It stood until the end of World War II and was liberated by Red Army soldiers on May 9 Immediately after the invasion of Poland by the Wehrmacht members of parliament and academics from Danzig the prisoners were forced to construct the buildings on the camp grounds themselves Of several hundred Danzig Jews who were captured and brought to Stutthof by mid-September 1939 Stutthof is considered the first concentration camp outside the German border which it retained until the end of the war Its incorporation into the concentration camp system enabled integration of the prisoners into the war economy of the German Reich The economic profit that the SS derived from the exploitation or “renting” of prisoners to private companies and farms amounted to an estimated 10 million Reichsmarks for the years 1942 to 1944 the SS imprisoned more than 100,000 people in deplorable conditions during World War II At least 65,000 people were murdered at Stutthof Many died by a gunshot to the neck (there was a special facility for this) or in a gas chamber built on the camp grounds and epidemics due to the deliberately inadequate food supply and nonexistent medical care A key witness in the trial was historian Stefan Hördler who spoke as an expert witness at 14 sessions Among the testimonies Hördler read out in court on March 1 2022 was that of an SS man who had married the defendant after the war He had testified in 1954: “In the Stutthof camp This was talked about in the commandant’s staff.” Another SS man that in about six cases he had observed men and women being forced to climb into narrow gauge rail cars whose doors had then been closed based on several statements made by SS men and civilian employees of the Stutthof concentration camp in the post-war period that the camp’s staff knew very well about the crimes committed in the camp The expert rejected the defendant’s claim that only orders and invoices had passed over her desk he cited several letters concerning prisoner transports: One of these letters was about the deportation of almost 2,000 Jewish prisoners to Auschwitz testified as a witness before the court in Itzehoe Salomonovic was the only survivor of the Stutthof concentration camp to appear in court in person He had long hesitated on whether to testify and came to Itzehoe only with the greatest reluctance and only because his wife and his lawyer had convinced him of the importance of his testimony In an interview with NDR shortly before the end of the trial In court he described the deportation and the suffering of his family Salomonovic was deported from Prague first to Auschwitz and then He had been deported together with his mother His father was murdered in September 1944 in the Stutthof concentration camp with a phenol injection to the heart when he asked for medicine in the camp hospital barracks In the interview shortly before the end of the trial Salomonovic and his wife stated that they were convinced of Irmgard Furchner’s guilt “This is symbolic,” Josef Salomonovic explained For conscience.” He stressed that it was also important for future generations to understand that in a crime like the Holocaust 93-year-old Asia Shindelman recounted her ordeal via video link from the United States she and her parents were initially moved to a ghetto they were deported to the Stutthof concentration camp near Danzig She described how SS guards received her and her parents an uncle and grandmother with whips and dogs “The Germans could also beat us to death.” After a month she was taken to a external camp where she and other Jewish women were made to dig trenches for military defense Shindelman described her experiences on the death march from Stutthof concentration camp and her mother had had to help dig trenches and build tank traps as forced laborers in the bitterly cold last months of the war 94-year-old concentration camp survivor Abraham Koryski described the atrocities he had witnessed and suffered as a 16-year-old in the Stutthof concentration camp between September 1944 and the end of January 1945 He addressed the court by video from Israel Koryski reported how he had to collect the still-hot human bones in the crematorium and that he had been surrounded by corpses every day and on several occasions he had observed executions Important in connection with the trial of Furchner was his testimony that everyone in the camp had known about the goings-on 97-year-old Towa-Magda Rosenbaum testified as a survivor had been deported to the Stutthof concentration camp together with her sister the plague of lice and the blows of the guards and many of them succumbed to their illnesses shortly thereafter 95-year-old survivor Halina Strnad of Melbourne I was spat on.” When she collapsed in pain and lay on the ground she suffered a fractured skull and several broken ribs she had to undergo two operations as a result Strnad had been taken from Auschwitz to the Stutthof concentration camp near Danzig in September 1944 almost all the women who were imprisoned with her in a barrack fell ill with typhus She was told by fellow prisoners that the many dead were burned in a pit The camp constantly reeked of burning corpses “I cannot imagine how it was possible not to know what was happening since there was this permanent stench of burned corpses,” Strnad said who testified by video link from Warsaw on June 28 had been taken to the Stutthof concentration camp with his brother in May 1944 He reported that he and his family had previously been active in the Polish resistance against the German occupiers Dunin-Wasowicz said that since his time in the concentration camp he knew what fear and hunger were He likewise reported that there was a constant stench of burned corpses in the camp especially when there was not enough space in the crematoria Then the murdered and deceased were burned on pyres The defendant Irmgard Furchner followed the testimonies of the joint plaintiffs and survivors via a monitor and headphones Furchner remained silent for the entire duration of the trial Only at the end did she utter three short sentences I regret that I was in Stutthof at that time One week after Furchner was sentenced by the Itzehoe Regional Court at the end of December representatives of both the joint plaintiffs and the defendant’s defense filed an appeal against the verdict Furchner’s two defense attorneys demanded an acquittal for their client Even after the trial with its extensive evidence they claim that it could not be proven beyond doubt that Irmgard Furchner had known about the systematic killings in the camp The Federal Supreme Court must now examine whether there was a procedural error As the World Socialist Web Site has previously clarified these trials of the murderous regime’s abettors have come so late because the German judiciary has shown little interest in prosecuting Nazi crimes their perpetrators and supporters throughout the postwar period Earlier efforts to bring to justice those responsible for atrocious mass crimes have often been prevented or rebuffed One important reason for this was the virtually seamless transition of German lawyers judges and prosecutors with Nazi pasts into the judicial apparatus of the Federal Republic there has never been a real coming to terms and reckoning with the monstrous crimes of the Nazi dictatorship For decades, it was necessary to prove that the SS henchmen in the concentration camps had committed specific murders of specific persons in order to be able to bring charges against them at all. This was often very difficult or impossible because fewer and fewer eyewitnesses were still alive. This only changed with the Demjanjuk trial which ended in May 2011 with the conviction of the defendant anyone who participated in any way in systematic killings in concentration camps can be charged with accessory to murder a systematic search was conducted for SS men who were still alive and who had participated in the Holocaust In 2015, the trial of former SS man Oskar Gröning Gröning's conviction for aiding and abetting the murder of more than 300,000 Jews at the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp was upheld by the Federal Supreme Court in September 2016 Gröning died in a hospital in March 2018 at the age of 96 Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article Klaus Groth (born April 24, 1819, Heide, Holstein—died June 1, 1899, Kiel Ger.) was a German regional poet whose book Quickborn (1853) first revealed the poetic possibilities of Plattdeutsch (Low German) whose novels elevated Plattdeutsch prose to a literary language As the Oyo state government continues with its zero potholes project in the state Quickborn Nigeria limited and Carboncor International Tech Ltd have decided to support state government According to a release made available to insideoyo.com on Friday the support will be done free of charge for one year This is a corporate social responsibility from the two companies on some selected roads will spread to other parts of the state in due course While Quickborn Nigeria limited is one of the contractors engaged in operation zero pothole projects in Oyo state and Carboncor international Tech limited is currently partnering Oyo state government on its asphalt plant at ijaiye the companies would patch portholes between Cocoa House Dugbe to Molete for a period of one year at the first instance Akinwande house and Arena on Durban-Akinmorin road and potholes beside Oyo State Hospital along Owode-Durbar federal road would be done The All Progressives Congress APC in Oyo state has described Governor Seyi Makinde's alleged brazen disregard of the Supreme Court's.. the Giwa Adini of Oyo state has extended his warm felicitations to the Chief Imam of.. The Chairmen of Local Government Areas in Oyo State have extended their warm felicitations to the Chief Imam of Ibadanland,.. Please enter your username or email address to reset your password Stakeholders including Construction Professionals Association Local Content group has commended Governor Seyi Makinde for patronizing local contractors and his developmental strides in Oyo state They also lauds Quickborn Nigeria Limited and Carboncor International Tech Ltd for complimenting the efforts of the state governor in enhancing zero pot holes on roads across the state Both Quickborn Nigeria Limited and Carboncor International Tech Ltd have embarked on patching of pot holes in the state to support the government the Publicity Secretary of Professionals Association Local Content Group in a statement issued in Abuja said governor Makinde’s patronage of local contractors will go a long way in reducing capital flight create job opportunities and promote local economy “Also we are aware of the huge investment in youth empowerment especially in Agric business through which he has been engaging thousands of youth this is a good development that is worthy of emulation.” he said They however enjoined other Governors to emulate Engr Seyi Makinde in patronizing local contractors in executing of Infrastructural development with a better quality The Oyo State Government has approved the nomination and appointment of Dr Saka Balogun as the new Balogun of Ogbomosoland... has celebrated the Chief Imam of Ibadanland His Eminence Sheik Abdulganiyy Abubakry Agbotomokekere Suites and Exclusive Bar and Mogaji of Eegunjenmi Family of Itutaba Oje The Oyo State Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (OY-RAAMP) has awarded contracts worth N3.5 billion for the first phase.. Residents of Ibarapa Central and Ibarapa North have reacted positively to the completion of asphalt overlaying and patching of the 58km Igboora-Igangan-Iganna Road which was approved by Governor Seyi Makinde in December The Igboora-Igangan-Iganna Road rehabilitation links Ibarapa and Oke Ogun zones and cuts across two (2) local government areas (LGAs) – Ibarapa Central According to the contractor handling the project the asphalt overlaying and patching covered 16km in Ibarapa Central while overlaying and patching of 42kilometers was done in Ibarapa North The inspection tour of the rehabilitated road upon the invitation of the the Digital Media Office of the State’s Governor interviewed the residents randomly to get their reactions on the latest development commending the new access road given to them by the current government appreciated the state governor for fulfilling his promise the rehabilitation has provided positive changes within a number of communities in Ibarapa Central and North local government areas They noted that the Igboora/Ayete/Igangan road is important in Ibarapa as it passes through major areas driving from Ogun state en route Oke-Ogun axis also expressed satisfaction with the quality of work and the prospect of a stress-free drive on the road some things we complained about have been fixed on the road I paid attention to it from the starting point to the end and I can say the contractor did a perfect job we monitored them and called the attention of the contractor to a part that needed drainage and they fixed it “The culvert was not even part of the agreement on the road project but water no longer flows to the road because of the culvert we appreciate this gesture from the governor because this is the road our people use to convey farm produce from here to Ibadan and other parts of the state “We hope that he will do more for us as the administration progresses.” noted that: “Before the road was fixed it was a death trap because a lot of fatal accidents had occurred in the past “The road used to be narrow to the extent that it cannot accommodate two vehicles at the same time as one will have to wait for another People now move freely at any time of the day and night we spent up to 1hr 40 minutes from Igbo-Ora to Igangan because of the potholes on the road According to another farmer and bricklayer who expressed delight at the rehabilitation of the road “The condition of the road was terrible before now Even at the location where I am talking to you right now a car once somersaulted and was a tragic scene on that fateful day we no longer experience any kind of inconvenience I want to thank the Governor for this development.” A transport worker who plies the road daily Adebayo explained: “I am from Abeokuta and I want to thank both the state and local government for rehabilitating this road We are very happy about this because it makes our movement much easier than before there is a problem but we thank God for a time like this “We hope that the few other areas that need adjustment will be fixed soon too,” he concluded Ltd have decided to support Oyo state government in its zero potholes project in the state it is a corporate social responsibility from the two companies on some selected roads Dugbe to Molete for a period of one year at the first instance while in Oyo town and website in this browser for the next time I comment Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. 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Copyright © 2020 National Insight News Copyright © 2020 National Insight News Hon.Prince Akeem Babatunde Salam Olukitibi has felicitate with Omo Oba Babatunde Ologburo on his 63rd Birthday He described the Chairman of Quickborn Nigeria Limited as a a leader that is naturally endowed with helping heart given all that you have achieved,the impacts you have made the enduring legacy of growth and development you have notched up both in private and in the public space,especially in our Model local government and the pace setter state had adjudged you as a Certified leader,renowned father and Great Philanthropist.” “life’s blessing have a special way of manifesting in God’s special ones.For my Adopted Father,The C.E.O.Quick born group of Company Alh.Chief Musbau Ologburo Tunde Snr the uncommon illumination of the Allah’s light of hope His outpouring of favor and Grace are faith builder “As you are celebrating your birthday today it is our fervent prayer that the good Lord keeps you stronger in faith knowledge and understanding to continue to serve Humanity “On behalf of the good people of Oyo West Local Government I congratulate you with the best of wishes,Alhaji Chief Musbau Tunde Ologburo may you live long to celebrate more meaningful years on earth with many remarkable achievements Alaafin of Oyo Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi 111 The Alaafin of Oyo has been described as a colourful and flamboyant King that knows what royalty entails and displayed to its fullest while alive Chief Babatunde Ologburo an Oyo born international businessman who said this while lamenting the death of the foremost monarch maintained that his demise is a huge loss Ologburo who is the Sanmoriadini of Oyoland in a condolence message said ‘ It is sad that the embodiment of culture and traditions left the world at this time ” Though Baba Alaafin’s death is painful but we take solace in the fact that he lived an impactful life especially in serving God humanity and promotion of culture and traditions I commiserate with the immediate and extended family of the late monarch May God almighty forgive his sins grant him external rest and give us the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss Hon.Prince Akeem Salam Olukitibi has felicitate with Alhaji Babatunde Ologburo on his birthday Olukitibi in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary/S.A.on Media and Publicity said Chief Ologburo is a man that’s naturally endowed with helping heart According to him Chief Ologburo,it a are a leader enshrined with a well nurtured profile,highly intelligent and a positive thinker and the pace setter state had adjudged you as a Certified leader Forward looking personality and great Philanthropist” Alh.Chief Musbau Ologburo Tunde the uncommon illumination of the Allah’s light of hope I congratulate you with the best of wishes,Alhaji Babatunde Musbau Ologburo may you live long to celebrate more fruitful years on earth with many remarkable achievements Chief Ologburo,accept my biggest congratulations sir This is a big market and one of the most popular markets for fabrics in Ibadan the capital of Oyo state Bola Ige new Gbagi market is a market where you get the latest fabrics in Ibadan The market is not used or patronised only by residents of Ibadan or Oyo state but people from different geo-political zones states and even regions troop to this market to get their Aso Ebi for their wedding shoes and other wears can be bought in this market The most common commodities are clothing materials It has about 3 banks with several ATM machines within it and a police station The place is popularly visited and always busy and crowded from Mondays till Saturdays there some set of women out of the lots who are gurus in that line of business Some of these women have moved a step further by owning textile factories or design their textile for manufacturers from foreign countries like India They are relatively rich mogul women with class and style Some of them have decades of experience in the business pare Let’s talk abt the 5 top Gbagi business moguls BOLA OLOGBURO is the beautiful wife of Oyo-born Alhaji ‘Tunde Ologburo the chairman of Quickborn Nigeria Limited Her mother was one of those who control the Old Gbagi in those days Most of her products are quality stuff from Switzerland she has been deeply involved in the textile business apart from the other businesses she does with her husband She is billed to commission her Lace & Fabrics a store for lace and other clothing materials is a woman of excellent character Her business flies around the continent She is one of the most popular Gbagi big women she is also playing big in properties and real estate Despite her status as a rich and famous businesswoman You can never hear unnecessary noise around her meanwhile she is a queen in her line of business TAOFEEKAT BABAYEMI also runs a successful textile business at Gbagi market she recently dazzled everyone when she commissioned a multi-million naira hotel Taofeekat Alhaja Taofikat as she fondly called in Ibadan social circuit She also runs a successful textile business at Gbagi market She is also the chairwoman of a 4-star hotel Which she commissioned with a multi-million naira young businesswomen dominating the business scene especially at Gbagi market and in Ibadan generally She has a high taste for quality things and that shows in her lifestyle; she drives the best cars and lives in a highbrow area of Ibadan JADE KUDUS: There are some names you can’t but mention whenever the New Gbagi market is being discussed and one of such names is Jadesola Qudus prominent society woman and textile merchant She runs Bislek Textile store and she is well known in the line of her business and in the social circle She is one of the very rich women in the textile business and has a couple of properties to show for it Recently added a new chieftaincy title of the ‘’Iyalaje of Ede land’’ YETUNDE OLOKUTA ( Ystone): A London and Ibadan socialite woman and hardworking business mogul Demola Alimi popularly known as ‘Demola Olokuta’ Yetunde needs no introduction in the business and on the social scene If you think her Y-Stone store around Ring Road and her store at Oodua shopping Idi ape is big then you have to visit ‘Mr And also successful in electronic devices She is one of the young businesswomen rocking the market Read more of this content when you subscribe today.