In his book “Focus on Germany – poverty, violence, neglect, Neukölln is just the beginning”, Neukölln’s social councilor Falko Liecke (49, CDU) describes life and the problems of the crime hotspot.
The new book will be out on Friday. BZ already has the most important sentences from it:
►”Germany’s future will be decided in Neukölln: either we can do it or not.”
►“Your cage is created from a lack of education, pseudo-religious archaic rites and customs as well as instilled and sometimes brutally enforced oppression. Where they come from, that’s normal. And the frightening thing: Here in Neukölln, in the middle of Germany, it is the same.”
►”When almost an entire neighborhood spits on our society and its rules, it becomes difficult.”
►“Anyone who is a police officer in Neukölln will never sit in a café with their back to the entrance. Anyone pursuing conservative politics in Neukölln should consider doing something similar.”
►”During the long period of lockdown in Berlin schools, many children only got up to take their younger siblings to daycare.”
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►”The sons of immigrant parents take over power in the family and in the neighborhood out of sheer lack of prospects.”
►“The perpetrators must be accompanied by the constant danger of a morning SEK operation in the bedroom or their favorite shisha bar. You must not rest. This is the only way that bus driver training can become more attractive than the souped-up S-Class.”