--- author: Jan Brennenstuhl categories: - Urbanism cover: alt: 'Liebig14 - Berlin Squat Eviction' height: 840 src: https://www.urbanartcore.com/liebig14-berlin-squat-eviction/squat-eviction-berlin1.jpg width: 1880 credit: '' date: '2011-02-04T15:01:46Z' description: 'For about 20 years, the alternative housing project “Liebig14” was a gravitation field for left-winged politics, street art and other creative ideas. Now it was evicted - this are my impressions...' tags: - Berlin - Street Protest title: 'Liebig14 - Berlin Squat Eviction' url: https://www.urbanartcore.com/liebig14-berlin-squat-eviction/ --- # Liebig14 - Berlin Squat Eviction *Squatting* | With the help of axes, saws and a battering ram special forces of the German police invaded the creative living project *“Liebig14”*, one of the last squatted houses in Berlin. Outside, about 1,500 left-winged protesters, students and creative folks demonstrated against the eviction of the building, fought with the police and made a lot of trouble in Berlin’s creative stronghold Friedrichshain. The house was squatted in 1990, shortly after the Berlin Wall fell, when Berlin was a paradise for squatters from all over Europe because of the large number of empty buildings. For that reason it’s really pity to loose this traditional left-winged open space which was not just an alternative housing project, but also a center for alternative politics and a gravitation field for street art and other creative ideas! > There were dozens of arrests after 2,500 police officers were deployed in a huge operation to clear the Liebig 14 commune in the eastern district of Friedrichshain. The 25 residents had refused to leave after losing a lengthy legal battle that has become a focus point for the anti-gentrification movement in Berlin and other German cities. ([guardian.co.uk](http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/02/berlin-squat-eviction-arrests-liebig-friedrichshain)) In my eyes, *“Liebig14”* was, like all the other former squatted places in Berlin, an important alternative project with a lot of local social influence. These are bad days, not just for the former squatters but for Friedrichshain! Here are some of the [shots I took while the eviction](http://www.flickr.com/photos/streetart-berlin/sets/72157625848900657/)... Goodbye *“Liebig14”*! ![liebig14 eviction]() liebig14 eviction ![riot police]() riot police ![squat eviction berlin]() squat eviction berlin ![liebig14 riot]() liebig14 riot