[BERLIN SQUATTERS – CHILDREN AND YOUTH ACTIVISM] Georg von Rauch-Haus: Eight publications.

Berlin: self-published, 1971–73. Folios (ca. 43 × 30.5 cm). Original pictorial self-wrappers; [4]; [6]; [6]; [4] and 4 × 2 pp. With illustrations. Paper mostly toned; one issue stained and another perforated; all issues with horizontal crease; margins with tiny tears; else good. – With three additions. Berlin: self-published, 1971–78. Quartos and Folio (29.6 × 20.8 – 42.6 × 30.8 cm). [4]; [2]; [4] pp. With illustrations. Paper mostly toned and margins with tiny tears; one page with tiny ballpoint note; else very good. Item #54202

Early, rare leaflets by the squatters of an annex of the Bethany Hospital built in the mid-nineteenth century. The occupation of the house gained popularity in the left-wing scene of West Germany mainly through the band "Ton Steine Scherben", which released a song about the “Rauch-Haus". Even before the occupation, the historic building complex was the subject of disagreement. The city government planned to demolish the buildings, which the protests of the Berliners prevented. After the buildings were listed as historical monuments, they nevertheless remained unused and left to decay. After the anarchist Georg von Rauch died during a police operation, students and other young people occupied the building in December 1971 and named it after the activist. A housing project was established consisting of homeless youths, young trainees, pupils, students and workers in self-administration. The present leaflets deal with the clashes between the squatters and the state authorities, with the raids on the one hand and the contract negotiations to legalize the project on the other. After the legalization of the project, the main building of the old hospital was used by artists. That this use of the main building was not welcomed by some occupants is shown by the third supplement of this convolute, a flyer stating that the planned studios would be the “height of impudence”. The artists would be subsidized for their "extravagances" by "our taxes" and claim for themselves the space that was due to the citizens of Kreuzberg. Later, architecture students also worked in the studios, preparing for the Berlin International Building Exhibition, which incorporated postmodernism and its critique of modernist functionalism into urban planning.

The convolute contains the following leaflets

I: Wie starb Georg von Rauch [How did Georg von Rauch die].

II: Ein Angriff gegen das Georg v. Rauch Haus ist ein Schlag gegen uns Alle! Schlagen wir gemeinsam zurück! [An attack against the Georg v. Rauch House is a blow against us all! Let's fight back together!].

III: Informationsblatt des Georg v. Rauch Hauses: Terror Zentrale ausgehoben? [Information leaflet of the Georg v. Rauch House: Terror headquarters excavated?].

IV: 1:0 fürs Rauch-Haus. Der Senat hat verloren [1:0 for the Rauch House: The Senate has lost].

V: No. 1 Georg v. Rauchhaus: Das ist unser Haus! [No. 1 Georg v. Rauch house: This is our house].

VI: No. 2 Georg v. Rauchhaus: Terrorzentrale! [No. 2 Georg v. Rauch house: Terror center!].

VII: No. 3 Georg v. Rauchhaus: Teile und herrsche [No. 3 Georg v. Rauch house: Divide and rul].

VIII: Jugendliche gegen Bürohengste [Young people against office jockeys].

Three additions: 1) A leaflet with street map of the area: Besetzt! [Occupied!]. Berlin: self-published, [1971]. Quarto (30 × 22.8 cm). To [4] pp. folded sheet. Toned and with marginal tears; else good. – 2) A leaflet: 2 Bethanien gehört uns allen! [2 Bethany belongs to all of us]! Berlin: self-published, [1973?]. Quarto (29.6 × 20.8 cm). [2] pp., one of them printed with text and 2 illustrations. Small note with ball pen; else very good. – 3) A leaflet: Wer wohnt im Rauch-Haus [Who lives in the Rauch House]. Berlin: self-published, [1978?]. Folio (42.6 × 30.8 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; [4] pp. horizontal crease; upper and lower edge perforated; else good. – Supplied: Two further leaflets of the “Rauch-Haus”.

As of February 2024, OCLC does not list a copy of the leaflets in any North American library.

Price: €550.00

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