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from Rick Andersson

1,931 flats were forcibly evicted in Berlin in 2022. 

10, 20, 40 years yours
and now? Anonymous. Things stay when we leave. 

Shadows, fading memories, everything falls apart,

work now.
Very specific tasks, mountains of waves, offices, letters, 

courts: everything should have its order in nightmare

land. A life pushed together into a thousand little things, 

stowed away in a storage box.
Hope?
Moments of calm in chaos, blue hour.
The Heimatmelodie echoes at the butcher‘s feast 

‘Zwangsräumungen sind beschleunigt durchzuführen, 

um Mietausfälle für die Vermieter gering zu halten.’1

Rebel together?
One lasting moment, one last time with the book on the 

bed, enjoying the sun and the tree, one last time climbing 

the stairs, one last time entering the room, a full 

life
And take a part of it with you.
A trace, a moment, a photo.

 

1  Spokesperson for the Department of Justice Berlin Dezember 2023