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Dondorf-Druckerei: Collective rejects call for eviction

In the conflict surrounding the squatted former Dondorf printing works in Frankfurt, Goethe University has once again called on the activists to leave the building. In the event of a voluntary eviction, the university would hold out the prospect of an offer of support in talks with the city and...

Conflict - Dondorf-Druckerei: Collective rejects call for eviction

In the conflict surrounding the squatted former Dondorf printing works in Frankfurt, Goethe University has once again called on the activists to leave the building. In the event of a voluntary eviction, the university would hold out the prospect of an offer of support in talks with the city and state and campaign for the building to be preserved if possible, a university spokesperson said in Frankfurt on Wednesday. However, the collective emphasized that it rejects these "unclear promises". They will remain in the building until further notice, but are open to further talks, a spokesperson said.

The activists have occupied the former Dondorf printing plant in Frankfurt's Bockenheim district for the second time this year since last weekend. "We continue to fight for the preservation of the building and its use as a cultural center for urban society - for a city by all for all," they declared. The university is the owner of the building. It had filed a criminal complaint for trespassing at the weekend. This would of course be dropped in the event of a voluntary eviction, said the spokesperson.

The former Dondorf printing works had already been occupied in the summer. The activists demanded that the building be preserved. A new building for the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics (MPIEA) is to be built on the site. Eight police officers and several demonstrators were injured during the eviction in the summer.

"It is still unclear whether the building will be preserved or whether it will be demolished and rebuilt in a climate-damaging way and the history of the building will be lost," explained the collective on Wednesday. "It is also unclear what the Hessian ministry's position on these talks would be once the new government takes office. The university is making promises that it cannot guarantee."

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Source: www.stern.de

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