90 year-old occupies bank!

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http://www.moz.de/details/dg/0/1/1001919/

(Via translate.google.com)

Zehdenick (MZV Germany) A strange incident occured on Thursday at the Commerzbank branch in Zehdenick. The 90-year-old Gerda Hensel wanted to withdraw money from her account, and the bank denied it. Then the woman occupied the branch.

After heavy persuasion of employees did not help, the staff called the police. The officers asked the woman to leave the branch. Then the pensioner continued her protest against the bank in front of the door. Her escort, Sylvia Kruger had taken to this end a banner out of his pocket. On the stand: "The bank is not worth my money! Shame in Germany."

[virgogal]

1. There must be a reason for them not giving her the money. Makes no sense.

[csziggy]

2. According to what I can figure out from Google translation of the article

The bank claims it was acting in the best interest of an elderly person and want to be sure she's in her right mind.

"She acknowledged that a trial had been set for the appointment of a guardian at the initiative of the pensioner in motion. She wanted to make provisions for the case that it is actually not one day longer masters of their senses. "Mrs Hensel difficult to hear, so it is not batty," said Kruger.

"As part of the process, a psychiatrist, the retiree had already examined in detail. The report from the district court but will Zehdenick still kept under wraps. Therefore the anger of Gerda Hensel and her nurse is also directed against the court. The district court yesterday afternoon but no one was to achieve more. Commerzbank wants to wait but in any case the decision of the court before it pays out money from the account of the customer. The Bank make themselves liable to prosecution, they should behave differently. "If we pay the money, it would not be lawful," the spokesman for the bank."

Literal translations take more interpretation!

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3. I had to nudge around the translation of the first two paragraphs a bit,

and my German skills far hopelessly short of translating it myself. Thanks for the clarification!

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4. Sounds like she might have quite a bit of money.

When the banks use the, in the customers best interest line, that usually means the banks best interest.

[csziggy]

5. At one point the article said she wanted to withdraw 2000 euros

The bank was willing to let her have 200 for spending money over the holiday weekend while a decision was to be made on her competency.

I think it was euros - may have been marks.

If the 2000 was what she was withdrawing to close her account, that is not a huge amount.

[virgogal]

6. Thank you so much. I only saw a German article at the link. I also guessed

that her age could be a factor,with dementia the reason for the denial.

Tough to lose your independence,very tough.

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7. She has enough facility to set up an #Occupation of sorts :) nt

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10. My German is fairly good, but I'm too tired to translate tonight.

Gerda Hensel, a 90-year-old in Zehdenick, Germany requested that the court appoint a guardian who would assist her with her affairs should she become incompetent.

A psychiatrist has examined her, but the court has not reached its decision. In other words, her competency case is pending.

The bank claims that by refusing to release her money to her, it is protecting her. In addition, the bank would be violating legal procedures if it released the money.

But Ms. Hensel and her caretaker (also referred to as her companion) disagree. The companion claims that Ms. Hensel is deaf but not incompetent.

So Ms. Hensel and her friend are occupying the bank. That is they are standing at the door of the bank with a sign that they brought with them saying (and I'm translating very freely so that it makes sense in English), "Scandal (or shameful conduct) in Germany. The bank refuses to pay me my money."

Hope this helps. I think the bank is doing the right thing here.

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8. I had to go with my neighbor a Korean lady...

her husband was in the hospital and she was cashing in some annuities with the bank. I can understand her when she talks slow but she gets her Korean up and its all hell to pay. It took them a couple of days to process the claims and when she understood she calmed down. My neighbor brought her home from the war and she used the money to make a room and bathroom for him on the main floor. She has a heart of gold, just never learned a lot of workable English.

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