Capital B. Wem Gehört Berlin?
Crash
S1 • E3 Oct 3, 2023 53m
7.65.0
In the mid-1990s, West Berlin’s elite—Mayor Diepgen and Klaus-Rüdiger Landowsky—cemented their power, hosting lavish parties on vast construction sites. But the anticipated boom never came. Berlin wasn’t a world metropolis—it was the capital of kebab stalls. Districts like Kreuzberg, Wedding, and Neukölln, with high migrant and unemployed populations, faced neglect and the threat of becoming ghettos. Crime and gang violence surged. Amid the chaos rose Savas Yurderi, aka Kool Savas, soon to be Germany’s most influential rapper. The only thriving industry was techno, Germany’s first unified youth culture, now mainstream. The Love Parade and clubs like Tresor captured Europe’s youth, with Love Parade attendance doubling yearly.
