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Friday, October 9, 2020
The eviction of the symbolic house project “Liebig 34” in Berlin-Friedrichshain was completed. The police enter the building and remove dozens of neighbors.
The evacuation of the occupied house “Liebig 34” in Berlin-Friedrichshain was completed without major incidents. The building is now secured, police said.
The officials used a crowbar and a chainsaw to enter. More policemen entered the house through a window on the first floor and took out a total of 57 people. Few resisted. However, according to a spokesman, emergency services encountered obstacles at the house on the corner. Doors and windows were broken with tools, the installed beams were removed and the metal was opened.
Wall debris and heavy concrete elements had also been piled up and the stairway blocked. The cops searched the building floor by floor. Emergency forces were in position on the surrounding rooftops. Now a building surveyor takes a close look at the entire building. Then it must be turned over to the bailiff.
Early in the morning, the police announced that objects had been brought onto the road near the house. Several car tires, garbage containers and automobiles were burned in the urban area. “At first it doesn’t seem like you want to hand over the property voluntarily,” police tweeted. A reporter for the “Tagesspiegel” reported the bottle toss and an arrest.
An evacuation vehicle backed up to the front door.
(Photo: REUTERS)
“Liebig 34” is one of the latest symbolic projects of the radical left scene in the capital. A ten-year commercial lease expired two years ago. The landlord finally enforced the eviction. A total of 2,500 police officers were on duty, wearing helmets and, in some cases, Plexiglas signs.
“Create chaos”
Neighbors’ supporters had called for action before the evacuation: “Let’s create chaos, let’s be visible and prevent the evacuation of Liebig 34,” it said on the home’s website. In recent days there have been a number of arson attacks and other destructions, for example on the S-Bahn in Berlin.
Hundreds of protesters had gathered nearby the night before. You were standing in front of a small concert stage on Rigaer Strasse. A hip-hop band performed and the atmosphere was calm. In the brightly painted house “Liebig 34” some of the windows were illuminated. Music and a woman’s speeches echoed through the intersection of the speakers. But behind the bars of the next cordon there were only a few people listening.
