Today Berlin is done. Berlin was until both German nations united a most special micro cosmos. The East, that based on the Allies internal contracts actualy not had been a capital of a German nation, was chosen to be a propaganda subsedised special show case ideal socialist town. East Berlin was known for having it all a bit better within the Socialist German nation and a lot more sureveillance by the Internal Secret Service, too, on the hunt for Western Levis Jeans and Punk Music tapes.
They also created remarcable places like the city center of East Berlin all around the Fernsehturm and Alexanderplatz, because the old town center was cut into nomansland by the infamous Berlin Wall. The ensamble build on sand, that the West today struggles hard with building up to another level, is off all politics actually a realy awsome place to hang out and meet.
The West turned home of a better Germany, a Germany the Social Democrats and Unionists envisioned before the Holocaust during the street wars against NSDAP SA as close to In Pluribus Unum of the USA as it can get, in which the alternative scene of continental Europe found a capital as vivid as Glasgows and Londons Punk scene of the 60ies, with a accomplishing and not opponing french style Burgoisy of basically quite life enjoying citizens with good income and the largest Turkish community outside of Turky with incredible good food.
Berlin was neither East Germany, that was Leipzig and Karl Marx Stadt or West Germany, that was Munich or Hamburg, it was the Allies above and humans doing their thing that had enough freedom to not care that they ended up on a list for their Jeans or had to wait an hour before leaving into a secured corridor from an island.
Actually, East Berliners were allowed to visit West Berlin, but the Allies would not let them leave West Berlin. Until today nobody realy explained who got shot crossing the boarder East to West in Berlin.
Berlin was also the meeting place for all agent exchances between NATO and Warsawa Treaty.
Berlin was good live on the floors, freedom in peace on the street and the most illuminated underground world wide.
Than the Nazis in West Germany decided to end that Berlin by attacking the Punks and Turks.
The Turks owned a lot of Real Estate in their borrow and got under preassure by false Polizei and Ordnungsamt evidence attacking their schools and business. It was not difficult to have them understand that they cannot win that war and have to retreat. Today there is no Little Istanbul anymore, but a Little Berlin.
To secure the retreat, Provos started a campaigne to trap the most hardcore enemies of that Berlin about to vanish. How better to do that, than by whole train Graffiti actions on both sides of the Wall?
Imagine, both hardcore fashist secret services faced an unkown Crew that was hiding their real intentions of slowing down the Germanification of that beloved Berlin by trapping elite Secret Service forces in a time all sides prepeared for the end of customs by showing them East Berlin stored S-Bahn and West Berlin stored U-Bahn traines fully covered in New York 70ies style Graffitis...?
They go all in hunting them, hating chutzba most of human fun,...to get shot.
What you think?
For the Panthers.
provos
