Next to his other works, Hockemeyer published a novel in 1996 titled “Jedem das Seine” (Each to his own). This was at that time the motto (Suum Quique) of the Prussian Schwarzen Adler-Ordens (Black Eagle Order), the highest honour Prussia had to offer. The question of reincarnation, in conjunction of the main character of this novel, is thoroughly dealt with, with the result that a committed guilt in a past life can lead to a terrible fate in the present life. And this had for instance also happened to the Jews in Germany’s Third Reich, when they were murdered in huge numbers in concentration camps. The conclusion follows quite naturally from the law of karma, the way this religious belief is held as true by at least a billion of people on this Earth. It is now astonishing that there is a religious direction in Judaism that bases itself on reincarnation, thereby affirming the law of karma. The highly respected Chief Rabbi Ovadia Yussef expressed himself along these lines on the 5th of August 2000 (printed in the journal Ha’ arez on the 7th of August 2000): “The six million Jews, all those poor people that found themselves in the hands of evil, the Nazis – was this completely senseless? No. They were the reincarnations of past souls that sinned and encouraged others to sin and committed a whole series of forbidden things, these poor people that had to suffer all kinds of tortures, hardships and death, when they were killed during the holocaust. All of them were reincarnated souls. This life is not the first time their souls made an appearance. They came to atone for their sins. We must believe in these things. Those that do not believe this are non-believers.” The journal Ha’ arez also adds: With this speech, the most influential Rabbi of present day Israel had turned the Kabbalist’s theme of reincarnation into a component of the Jewish religious doctrine. This announcement was also printed in an abridged form in the German press and nobody here (in contrast to Israel) had become publicly excited about it. But Mr. Hockemeyer had a completely different experience. On the 26th of March 1997, whilst Mr. Hockemeyer was abroad on holidays, three policemen entered his flat in Berlin, search through it and confiscated a series of documents. The District Court in Koblenz simultaneously started a preliminary investigation against him for inciting the public and for deformation. The Green’s politician Jutta Dithfurt, the daughter of Professor Hoimar von Dithfurt, had organised a demonstration of around 150 people on the 27th of November 1996 in front of an esoteric bookstore in Darmstadt against Hockemeyer and his book. Franz Alt, C. G. Jung and the Dalai Lama were also denounced on this occasion. One week later, Hockemeyer was even shot at through a closed, ground-level window during a group repatriation. A hearing took place at the district court in Neuwied on the 2nd of April 1998 for inciting the public and denigration of the memory of the deceased. The district attorney filed for one year imprisonment and a fine of DM 5’000. The verdict was pronounced on the 4th of May 1998 and included a fine of DM 4’000 and the banning of the book “Jedem das Seine”. Hockemeyer appealed. Five days before the trial went to court for the second instance, his car was set alight in Berlin and it was a write-off. The first hearing in front of the district court in Koblenz took place on the 23rd of May 2000. Mr. Hockemeyer presented amongst other things:
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