Demonstrations - Two activists leave the roof of an occupied print shop
After the police evacuated the interior of the squatted former Dondorf printing works in Frankfurt, two more activists had left the roof by Friday morning. After the police action on Thursday, 14 had initially remained upstairs. "Two wanted to leave the roof and were escorted down a staircase in the building by the police," said a police spokesperson. Their identities had been established for the investigation. According to the spokesperson, twelve activists were still on the roof on Friday morning. The police operation continued.
A spokeswoman for the activists confirmed that two demonstrators had descended. "Our assessment is that the police are letting the people up there freeze and starve until they have to come down," the spokesperson added. According to earlier police reports, the officers refrained from clearing the roof for safety reasons.
The collective called "Die Druckerei" has been occupying the former Dondorf printing works in Frankfurt's Bockenheim district for the second time this year since last weekend. The activists rejected a call by Goethe University, which has the right to occupy the building, to voluntarily vacate the premises by Wednesday afternoon. They are demanding the preservation of the building as an industrial and cultural monument. It is to be demolished to make way for a new building for the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics (MPIEA). The building, which belongs to the state of Hesse, most recently housed the Institute for Art Education at Goethe University.
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- The activists involved in the occupation of the Print shop, known as "Die Druckerei", are demanding the preservation of the building, which is located in Frankfurt's Bockenheim district and belongs to the state of Hesse, for its significance as an industrial and cultural monument.
- Despite the ongoing police operation, the roof of the occupied print shop in Frankfurt, originally the Dondorf printing works, still had twelve activists on it by Friday morning, following the evacuation of the building interior on Thursday.
- In the heart of Frankfurt on the Main, real estate developments and modern urban landscapes are in constant competition with historical landmarks, such as the former Dondorf printing works, which has been a focal point of recent demonstrations.
- Following the police action at the print shop protest in Frankfurt on Thursday, conversations between the activists and the Hesse Interior Ministry's officials overlap, with both parties expressing their different perspectives and rallying points.
Source: www.stern.de
