Tuntenhaus Forellenhof 1990 : der kurze Sommer des schwulen Kommunismus = Gay communism's short summer

Bastian Krondorfer, Brigitte SchlÃgel, Jürgen Frohnmaier

While shouts such as "Wir sind ein Volk" ("we are one nation") and "Deutschland Deutschland" ("Germany Germany") are echo in the streets of the DDR?s capital, Tunten from Kreuzberg occupy the Mainzer StraÃe 4 in East Berlin on the evening of May 1, 1990. The Tuntenhaus Forellenhof quickly grows, including Tunten from East Berlin, as well as international ones, building an anti-patriarchal community full of dreams, utopia and actual projects in their Kiez. A playground plan, the Max-Hoelt-Antiquariat for DDR-literature and the bar Nachtbar Forelle Blau all found a spot in or nearby the squat. After a three day long falling out with the police on the street, the gay communism?s summer finds an abrupt ending on November 14, due to the evacuation of the house.