Dispute over the new City S-Bahn in Berlin: The construction pit at the Brandenburg Gate leads to a celebrity uprising.

dispute over the important new City S-Bahn, which is supposed to cross Berlin from north to south (S21). The second construction stage between the main train station and Potsdamer Platz can not only be drilled underground. But there is a celebrity uprising against the open construction pit near the Brandenburg goal.

The route is delicate, over and underground there are many hurdles and the Reichstag in the middle.

15 (!) Variants have been checked since 2015, and favorite is now the variant "12h". It requires a 2000 m² construction site between Ebertstrasse, Scheidemannstrasse and Simsonweg.

That means: the forest area east of the Sinti- und Roma monument is affected. According to B.Z.-Information, the Bahn in its area wants to dig out a handful of trees (including Eiben), later complete the zoo again.

After an on-site appointment, among others, with cultural senator Joe Chialo (53, CDU) and a meeting with traffic senator Manja Schreiner (45, CDU), some of the victim organizations involved wrote a protest letter and have written a protest letter and from celebrities like actress (73), star conductor Daniel Barenboim (80) to filmmaker Wim Wenders (78).

The main criticism: "Without these trees, the unique atmosphere and the calm of the memorial would be permanently destroyed." In contrast, the Central Council of the Sinti and Roma initially only calls on access to reports on construction noise and possible vibrations.