Illegal container village in Berlin: If the police come, there will be violence - district plans to evacuate the settlement in Grünau, but what happens to the residents?

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Illegal container village in Berlin: "When the police come, there will be violence" Tom has been living in a forbidden trailer park in Grünau for two years. Now the district wants to take up - the settlement should go away. What happens to the residents? The container settlement at the Grünau S-Bahn station is regularly the scene of police operations. Now the site should be cleared. The bright neon tubes on the ceiling flicker every time the S-Bahn drives past the small window in Toms container. If he did not usually keep the roller shutters closed, the 35-year-old could look directly into the faces of the waiting people on the platform from his folding sofa. ...
Illegal container village in Berlin: "When the police come, there will be violence" Tom has been living in a forbidden trailer park in Grünau for two years. Now the district wants to take up - the settlement should go away. What happens to the residents? The container settlement at the Grünau S-Bahn station is regularly the scene of police operations. Now the site should be cleared. The bright neon tubes on the ceiling flicker every time the S-Bahn drives past the small window in Toms container. If he did not usually keep the roller shutters closed, the 35-year-old could look directly into the faces of the waiting people on the platform from his folding sofa. ... (Symbolbild/MB)

Illegal container village in Berlin: "If the police come, there will be violence"

Tom has been living in a forbidden trailer park in Grünau for two years. Now the district wants to take up - the settlement should go away. What happens to the residents?

The container settlement at S-Bahnhof Grünau is regularly the scene of police operations. Now the area should be cleared.

The bright neon tubes on the ceiling flicker every time the S-Bahn drives past the small window in Toms container. If he did not usually keep the roller shutters closed, the 35-year-old could look directly into the faces of the waiting people on the platform from his folding sofa. Commuters or day trippers who want to spend a day in the green. "The lido is only a stone's throw away," he explains in a proud Saxon Singsang.

Tom has been living in a forbidden trailer park in Grünau, a district in the Berlin district of Treptow-Köpenick for two years. The container settlement at S-Bahnhof Grünau has long been a controversial topic. The residents live here in simple containers without electricity and flowing water. The situation is precarious and the hygienic conditions are inadequate.

The district of Treptow-Köpenick is now planning to evacuate the illegal settlement. The residents should leave the site and the containers should be demolished. The reasons for the evacuation are diverse. On the one hand, it is an illegal use of the site, on the other hand, the hygienic conditions are intolerable. Added to this is the fact that the settlement regularly becomes the scene of police operations.

The residents of the illegal trailer park are concerned and unsure about their future. Many of them have no alternative and cannot afford a regular apartment. Tom and his roommates desperately look for a solution. You hope that the Treptow-Köpenick district offers alternative living options or support.

The evacuation of the illegal settlement is expected to encounter resistance. Some residents have announced that they defend themselves against the evacuation. "When the police come, there will be violence," warns Tom. The authorities are therefore particularly careful and strive for a peaceful solution.

It remains to be seen how the Treptow-Köpenick district will deal with the situation and which solutions can be found for the residents of the illegal trailer park. It is clear that evacuation alone is not a permanent solution. In the long term, a strategy is needed to combat homelessness and precarious living situations in the city.