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Emergency services…
Yeah, can you send an ambulance to the rue du Tilleul?
We found an individual
with his hands and feet tied. He was gagged with duct tape
and his head was smashed in.
Is the person conscious?
Yeah, so far, he is, but he's in really bad shape.
He says he was kidnapped in Germany.
He’s wanted for voluntary manslaughter.
Voluntary manslaughter?
For a while now.
The case dates back to almost thirty years ago,
when a 14-year-old French girl, Kalinka, was killed in the 1980s.
There's been an unexpected development…
LINDAU GERMANY
JULY 10, 1982
WALTRAUD MAYER PARAMEDIC
ANDRÉ BAMBERSKI KALINKA'S FATHER
GERMANY LINDAU
BAMBERSKI FAMILY
ELISABETH ARAGON ANDRE BAMBERSKI'S NEIGHBOUR.
AUTOPSY REPORT
ACCORDING TO THE FINDINGS IN THE LUNGS,
WE CANNOT EXCLUDE INFLAMMATORY AND PATHOLOGICAL ALTERATIONS.
WE CANNOT DETERMINE A CLEAR CAUSE OF DEATH
ALEXANDRE PARRA-BRUGUIÈRE DANIÈLE GONNIN'S LAWYER
BECAUSE I WAS OVERWORKED, THEY ALLOWED ME TO ANSWER IN WRITING.
DR WOLFGANG EISENMENGER MEDICAL EXAMINER
250MG INJECTION
PATRICIA JOLLY JOURNALIST
POLICE
YVES LEVANO DIETER KROMBACH'S LAWYER
PHILIPPE MOTTA JOURNALIST
DANY PUT HER CONSCIENCE AT EASE
MURDER, HOMICIDE
A STRANGE STORY
IS DR. DIETER KROMBACH A VICTIM?
A STRANGE STORY
AUTOPSY, POST- EXHUMATION DECEMBER 4, 1985
THE GENITALS WERE REMOVED
NO REMAINING PARTS
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SPECIFY THE OCCURRENCE OF SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
BY EXAMINING THE GENITALS, WHICH HAVE BEEN REMOVED
FRANÇOIS GIBAULT ANDRÉ BAMBERSKI’S LAWYER
I SEE NO REASON FOR ME TO TRAVEL TO PARIS FOR A HEARING.
SVENJA MAUER-GÜNTHER FORMER LINDAU RESIDENT
IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN AN INTRAVENOUS INJECTION PERFORMED HOURS BEFORE HER DEATH
THE REGURGITATION OF FOOD SUBSTANCES INTO THE AIRWAYS
BARBARA VÖLKEL TV REPORTER
The sex offender remains a free man.
Dr. Krombach could have gotten 10 years.
Nobody here understands the mild sentence.
More than 2,200 signatures have been collected in a petition
to keep the doctor away from patients for good.
A Frontal interview of the sex offender on camera.
Only vetted questions could be asked, in the presence of his lawyer.
Did you believe she was a willful participant?
She never said yes, but she never said no either.
When I kissed her, she kissed back.
At first, I was just kissing her, and I said "Do you want to go further?"
And she just smiled.
It was very interesting for me,
and I also speak a little Russian and…
I told her "I love you" in Russian during the act.
And I mean, I’m not saying she was ecstatic,
but I had the impression that she was agreeing to it.
Like they said in ancient Rome: "Those who remain silent seem to agree."
Can I briefly speak with you?
No.
-Can we do a short interview? -No, we cannot, we won't. Thank you.
PETRA STEPHAN LIBRARIAN
JUSTICE FOR KALINKA
THE MYSTERIOUS LIFE OF DR. KROMBACH FROM LINDAU, BY LAKE CONSTANCE
GERMANY
LICENSE TO PRACTICE
Kalinka, Bamberski’s daughter,
died at the young age of 15
after an injection given by Dr. Krombach.
JUDICIAL AUTHORITIES
I thought, "it’s too risky."
"If anything happens and I know what kind of guy he is,
I have to make it public now."
It’s ridiculous to think, as Mr. Bamberski does,
that I made love to her.
That you raped her!
I didn’t need to, I was married,
I was happy with Kalinka’s mother.
Besides, she did stay with me
for another five years, I believe. We got divorced.
But it wasn't because of this,
it was because I cheated on her
with another woman, a friend of hers.
Well, it happens.
SCHEIDEGG GERMANY
ANTON KRASNIQI BARMAN
HIGH COURT
He’s wanted for voluntary manslaughter.
Voluntary manslaughter?
For a while now.
Rue du Tilleul?
Yeah, rue du Tilleul, near the customs building.
-Is there an arrest warrant? -Yes, it says "dangerous individual."
This guy is wanted…
Wait, there's a guy who is gagged, with his hands and feet tied.
We are rue du Tilleul.
His hands are bound. Wait.
He's with a guy who's been gagged.
We are rue du Tilleul, he's been gagged. His hands and feet are tied.
Sir?
Yes?
Is your first name Dieter?
Yes.
His first name is Dieter.
He says he was abducted in Germany.
Is he conscious?
Yes, so far, he is but he's in really bad shape.
They promised me they would bring me back home.
They promised him they would bring him back home.
What nationality did you say they were, Russian?
They spoke Russian.
-They spoke Russian. -OK.
André Bamberski, indicted for kidnapping, faces up to ten years of imprisonment.
LAURENT DE CAUNES ANDRÉ BAMBERSKI’S LAWYER
At 11 p.m.,
André Bamberski was released,
but he's been indicted on charges of kidnapping
and criminal association.
I gave my consent
on October 9, 2009,
for Krombach to be brought to France.
PHILIPPE OHAYON DIETER KROMBACH'S LAWYER
I am 100% convinced of my father’s innocence.
Over the years, these things have put
a tremendous emotional burden on our family.
Can you show us where it happened?
I just know from my dad’s account.
I know this is his parking space, and he said, it happened
just before he could reach the car.
The police saw a huge puddle of blood here.
Initially, the police assumed that he’d been murdered.
EQUALITY
ASSIZE COURT
Emotions were running high at the start of Dieter Krombach's trial
this morning at the Assizes Court.
This is the first face-to-face confrontation
between the man who is accused of killing young Kalinka
and her father, André Bamberski.
My first thought and my first words
are for Kalinka.
Mr. Krombach is in a terrible condition
thanks to Mr. Bamberski’s friends.
It’s a surreal situation.
We have a man who's in the defendant's box
because the accusing party brought him to France
after violently assaulting him.
What is the truth?
The truth is my father didn’t do anything.
He’s not guilty. It’s the act of a crazy man, a maniac.
Mr. Bamberski, as always, is determined.
Is it a relief for him to finally get him to face justice?
It’s a relief because that has always been his objective:
to put Krombach on trial.
A man's life is at stake, he has heart problems.
An expert confirmed it.
Dieter Krombach is no longer able to appear in court.
Facing justice, the German cardiologist
has invoked a medical issue…
Many journalists reporting on the trial
have contacted Mr. Levano and Mr. Ohayon,
prior to the trial,
and they always said the trial wouldn’t happen.
Turns out, they were right once again.
Curiously, the medical issue matched his specialty, cardiology.
SIX MONTHS LATER
Kalinka, whom he believes was killed by her stepfather Dieter Krombach…
Why didn't he think to call the police so they could freeze the scene?
Danielle Gonnin, Kalinka's mother.
The former spouses do not even make eye contact.
What is your state of mind?
I am…
far more confident
and more serene than the last time around.
Meaning?
Meaning…
over the past few weeks, everything has been done
to prevent Mr. Krombach from having another episode.
Of course, it needs to end.
Of course he wants to prove his innocence.
Because he is innocent.
POLICE
ASSIZE COURTROOM N°3
It has raised doubts. She says she could have been sedated
by Mr. Krombach on the night of her daughter’s death.
I had my doubts, now it's more than doubts.
I’m almost certain that he is lying.
That hurts.
And now, I have to live with that.
I would have appreciated if Dieter Krombach had told me:
"It was an accident, I panicked
and I lied."
I would have understood,
I may have forgiven him.
But now, I can't forgive him.
Obviously, my first thought is for Kalinka.
Justice has been done in her honor
and I’ll now be able to grieve for her.
DIETER KROMBACH WAS SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON
FOR "BODILY HARM LEADING TO UNINTENTIONAL DEATH."
HE'S ALWAYS CLAIMED HIS INNOCENCE
DESPITE ANDRÉ BAMBERSKI'S PROTESTS,
HE WAS RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 22, 2020 FOR MEDICAL REASONS.
HE DIED ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2020 IN GERMANY
TO DATE, 16 WOMEN HAVE COME FORWARD WITH SEXUAL ABUSE CLAIMS
Subtitle translation by: Thomas Isackson