Overview
- A former Hamburg youth welfare worker testified she had not heard allegations of violence against Christina Block before the children stayed with their father after a 2021 weekend visit.
- The witness said the agency assessed an acute child‑welfare endangerment and observed a lack of binding tolerance and an "active alienation" of the children from their mother, prompting calls for court action under §1666 BGB.
- She described difficult cooperation with the father, stated officials were unable to interview the children, and noted the initial aim of immediate return to the mother later shifted toward arranging contact as time passed in Denmark.
- One of the three scheduled youth welfare witnesses was ill and rebooked for March, and the court plans to continue questioning alleged organizer David Barkay on January 19.
- Context reiterated that the two children were taken from Denmark to Germany on New Year’s 2023/24 by an Israeli team; Block is accused of commissioning the operation, which she denies, while Danish decisions kept the children with their father.