Overview

• On May 30, 2025, Block published an open letter describing his grief over not seeing his grandchildren since August 2021.
• A Danish court ruled on May 1 that Stephan Hensel would have sole custody of the two younger children and barred their mother, Christina Block, from visitation.
• Christina Block was indicted in April 2025 for allegedly orchestrating her children's abduction from Denmark on New Year's Eve 2023/2024.
• Block recalls that his late wife Christa fought unsuccessfully to reunite with her grandchildren before her death in July 2023.
• In his letter, he invites the children to return to Germany, promising that family doors will always be open for their homecoming.