[BERLIN SQUATTERS – CHILDREN AND YOUTH ACTIVISM] Bürgerinitiative Putte-Info: Spielplatz, Jugendladen, Schülerladen, Wohngemeinschaft [Citizens' initiative Putte-Info: playground, youth store, student store, residential community], nos. 1 and 3, with one additional leaflet and a postcard.

Berlin: self-published, [1973–74]. Folios ( 43 × 31 cm). Two original pictorial wrappers, one of them staple-stitched; 10; 8 pp. With Illustrations. Horizontal crease; upper and lower margins perforated; paper somewhat toned; else very good. Item #54205

Very rare document of the Berlin squatter scene. What is striking is the plain design, created with very simple printing techniques, which stands out from the otherwise visually overloaded publications of the left-wing initiatives. The otherwise prevailing horror vacui of such publications is not dominant here. The title with its children's drawings appears somewhat ornamentally overloaded, but it is given plenty of space. Both covers are printed in two different colors. The layout of the interior is also tidy.

The occupation of two upper floors of the turn-of-the-century building in 1973 by young people was intended to prevent its demolition. A citizens' initiative with the street name "Putte" had already been running a children's and students' center in the building for some time. The building was evicted by the police in 1974 and finally demolished. The sheets inform on the one hand about the projects of work with children and young people and on the other hand about the state of negotiations with the city to prevent the demolition of the building. The sheets are intended above all to encourage the neighborhood to support the initiative.

In addition: 1 leaflet (Putte von Abriß bedroht: Wir fordern Nutzungsvertrag für unser Haus! [Putte threatened with demolition: We demand a contract of use for our house!]). And: postcard with a picture of the building.

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Price: €750.00

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