An alliance of neighbors and leftist groups today prevented by blocking the scheduled eviction at Karl-Heinz "Kalle" Gerigk

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An alliance of neighbors and leftist groups today prevented by blocking the scheduled eviction at Karl-Heinz "Kalle" Gerigk. After the eviction was canceled it came spontaneously to a demonstration and short-term blocking a main road in the downtown area. Karl-Heinz "Kalle" Gerigk has become a symbol of a nationwide protest movement. The 54-year-old municipal employees to leave after 30 years of his cheap apartment in the center of Cologne, his landlord has filed personal use, but announced a luxury refurbishment and resale of the apartment on the internet.

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Location: Cologne, Germany, Europe
Photo credit: © Guido Schiefer / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: alle, city, entmietung, eviction, foreclosure, gentrification, gerigk, kalle, karl-heinz, luxussanierung, protest, resistance, tenancy, vacating, ü