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The fire at the police station in Dessau-Roßlau burned for thirty minutes: temperatures in the tiny holding cell no. 5 are thought to have reached 800 degrees before firefighters arrived on the scene. Over the years, various fire investigations and court proceedings have failed to explain how Jalloh could have died in this way. If the “Initiative in Gedenken an Oury Jalloh” had not constantly pressed—with the support of donors and journalists—for new expert reports and legal proceedings, the case would no doubt have been filed away long ago. But this has not been allowed to happen. Pfeifer’s …