The "Rauch-Haus-Song" is a track performed by West Berlin band Ton Steine Scherben on their second studio album Keine Macht für Niemand. It has become famous in leftwing circles in Germany.

Georg-von-Rauch Haus in 2008
Occupied building hung with a banner bearing the slogan "...das ist UNSER haus" ("... this is OUR house")

Background

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The double album Keine 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

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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

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WestBam published a remix on Pop 2001 - Geschichte wird gemacht in 2001.

Notes

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  1. ^ Sichtermann, Kai; Johler, Jens; Stahl, Christian (2008). Keine Macht für niemand eine Geschichte der Ton Steine Scherben (Erw. Neuausg ed.). Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf. ISBN 978-3896028396.
  2. ^ "Georg-von-Rauch-Haus". Atlas Obscura. Archived from the original on 25 December 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  3. ^ Mauch, Thomas (30 November 2019). "Ein Plätzchen für Rio Reiser: Sänger der bewegten Zeiten". Die Tageszeitung: taz (in German). Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  4. ^ Urban redevelopers and gentrifiers in Kreuzberg's planned 'New Centre'
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