The double albumKeine Macht für Niemand ('No power for no-one') was released in 1972 by rock band Ton Steine Scherben. The track "Rauch-Haus-Song" describes the scenes when the police attempted to evict the squatted Georg-von-Rauch-Haus in December 1971. Members of the band were involved in the squat and were present when the police attacked.[1]
A derelict nurses' dormitory, part of the former Bethanien [de] hospital, had been occupied in early 1971. It was one of the first buildings to be squatted in Berlin. The squatters had renamed the building Georg-von-Rauch-Haus after Georg von Rauch, a leftist who was shot dead by the police on 5 December 1971. The police action was unsuccessful and the Georg-von-Rauch-Haus remains in existence almost fifty years later.[2] Within the German squatter movement, the "Rauch-Haus-Song" became an anthem, with the refrain "Das ist unser Haus" (This is our house) being shouted out as a motto.[3]
Excerpt
R:Und wir schreien's laut: Ihr kriegt uns hier nicht raus! Das ist unser Haus, schmeißt doch endlich Schmidt und Press und Mosch aus Kreuzberg raus.
(Refrain:)
And we shout it loud: You won't get us out! This is our house, At long last kick Schmidt and Press and Mosch[4] out of Kreuzberg.
Covers
WestBam published a remix on Pop 2001 - Geschichte wird gemacht in 2001.
Notes
^Sichtermann, Kai; Johler, Jens; Stahl, Christian (2008). Keine Macht für niemand eine Geschichte der Ton Steine Scherben (Erw. Neuausg ed.). Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf. ISBN978-3896028396.
