The Rauch-Haus-Song of the West Berlin

West Berlin

West Berlin was a political exclave that existed between 1949 and 1990. It comprised the western regions of Berlin, which were bordered by East Berlin and parts of East Germany. West Berlin consisted of the American, British, and French occupation sectors, which had been established in 1945...

 band Ton Steine Scherben

Ton Steine Scherben

Ton Steine Scherben was one of the first and most influential German language rock bands of the 1970s and early 1980s. Well-known for the highly political and emotional lyrics of vocalist Rio Reiser, they became a musical mouthpiece of new left movements, such as the squatting movement, during...

 thematizes the
squatting

Squatting

Squatting consists of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied space or building, usually residential, that the squatter does not own, rent or otherwise have permission to use....

 of the former Bethanien-Krankenhaus (Bethanien-hospital) from the sight of the squatters. The title reflects on the circumstance, that the squatters renamed the house „Georg-von-Rauch-Haus“ after Georg von Rauch

Georg von Rauch

Georg von Rauch was a member of the left-radical Blues-Scene in West-Berlin at the end of the 1960s during the German student movement.-Early life:...

 who was shot by the police in 1971. In the scene of the squatters this song became a classic, because the refrain

Refrain

A refrain is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in verse; the "chorus" of a song...

 „Das ist unser Haus“ (this is our house) can be called out loudly as a motto. The song appears on the album Keine Macht für Niemand

Keine Macht für Niemand

Keine Macht für Niemand is the name of both the second album and best-known song by the band Ton Steine Scherben. The double album, released in 1972, is also sometimes called "die Weiße" in reference to its simple cover with a white background and black text.The album as a whole, as well as the...

.

WestBam

WestBam

WestBam, real name Maximilian Lenz , is techno DJs in Germany. His brother is Fabian Lenz, also known as DJ Dick....

 published a Remix on Pop 2001 - Geschichte wird gemacht in 2001.

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.

(R:and we call it loud:
you won't get us out!
This our house,
at last kick Schmidt and Press and Mosch out.

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