CDU headquarters in Göttingen: activists build protest wall!

CDU headquarters in Göttingen: activists build protest wall!

Göttingen, Deutschland - in Göttingen there is currently a very special spectacle on the stage of the political arguments: suspected activists have quickly built a wall in front of the entrance to the local CDU headquarters. A wall that is around one and a half meters high and was very easy to tear down thanks to the fresh mortar. On this symbolic barrier, banners emerge with the inscription: "closed because of your warfare and racist foreclosure policy." This somewhat extraordinary protest has caused a good conversation and lets the waves go up in the city. [NDR] (https://www.ndr.de/niederricht/niedersachsen/braunschweig_harz_goettingen/goettingen-einang-zur-cdu-schaftemauet- ZugtSzierte-zuellbraunschweig15674.html) reports on the reactions.

Fritz Güntzler, the member of the Bundestag and CDU district chairman, has made it clear how much the situation is horrified. He condemns this act and sees it as a worrying development in political culture. The state security is currently investigating due to coercion and property damage, although this wall is not the first time that the CDU headquarters in Göttingen will be the goal of protests. The building was already attacked with color bags in February.

historical review: The construction of the wall

could be brooded about the symbolism of walls in history. The wall building in Berlin in particular, which began on August 13, 1961, is a striking example. At that time, around 10,000 folk and border police officers did everything they can to share the city and to be used to areolate the GDR against the Federal Republic. All sectors crossings were closed, except for 13 checkpoints. This radical lock was a well-kept state secret of the GDR government, as well as the Federal Archives

The reactions were international and shocking. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer named the demolition of the four-powers agreement and described the GDR regime as "tyranny". Willy Brandt, then ruling mayor of Berlin, demanded that the United Nations intervene. These political reactions show how much the construction of the wall heated the minds and further fueled the Cold War.

a piece of history, that remains

The Berlin Wall stood over 28 years and became a symbol for the division and conflicts of the Cold War. Historians appreciate the number of wall victims between 125 and 206, which illustrates the cruel reality behind this political barrier. This review of the wall building, supported by the documents of the Bundestag, shows that walls consist not only of concrete, but also from the stories and fate of the people that influence them.

It remains to be seen whether the current wall in front of the CDU headquarters in Göttingen also writes a new story in the political landscape. One thing is certain: the topic will probably stay in conversation for a long time.