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• Public Undergrounds: The rise of alternative drug cultures and the invention of the “Scene”

  In the early 1970s, the emerging narcotic cultures of West-Berlin not only drew the attention of the public and the media, but came into the focus of academics and public health institutions, First studies and surveys were conducted with one paper standing out in particular. It was entitled “Drug Consumers Underground” [Drogenkonsumenten im Underground] and authored by a collective of young social workers, drug users and educators, some of them with aliases.

  1970 – 1975
  West-Berlin
  Temporal Coverage: 1970/1975 (1970,1970s,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1970s,1970s,) Read StoryMark item
• Narcotic Struggles: Hash Rebels and the Fight for Alternative Spaces in West Berlin

  by Stefan Höhne

  In the mid-1960s, West Berlin saw the first glimpses of an emerging public drug scene, which would become a widespread phenomenon in the decades to come.

  1964 – 1969
  West-Berlin
  Temporal Coverage: 1964/1969 (2020s,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1960s,1960s,) Read StoryMark item
• 2 Files  West Berlin · in German Statistics on illegal drug use and trade in West Berlin 1968 – 1981-- »Statistics on illegal drug use and trade in West Berlin 1968 – 1981« 1982, Chief of Police West Berlin #1993 Format: A4 ; Temporal Coverage: 1980s,1968,1969,1970,1970s,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1980s,1981,1960s,1980s, Mark item

  (Format: A4)

• West Berlin · in German Smoke-In in West-Berlins Tiergarten -- »Smoke-In in West-Berlins Tiergarten « 1969, Creator unknown #1417 Format: not specified ; Temporal Coverage: 1960s, Mark item

  Foto and flyer showing on of the the frequent "Smoke-Ins" in West-Berlins park Tiergarten.

  (Type: flyer)

• West Berlin · in German Drug Users in the Underground-- »Drogenkonsumenten im Untergrund Berlin« 1973, Berndt Georg Thamm and Walter Schmetz #1399 Format: A4, 168 pages ; Temporal Coverage: 1970s, Mark item

  In the early 1970s, the emerging narcotic cultures of West-Berlin not only drew the attention of the public and the media, but came into the focus of academics and public health institutions, First studies and surveys were conducted with one paper standing out in particular. It was entitled “Drug Consumers Underground” [Drogenkonsumenten im Underground] and authored by a collective of young social workers, drug users and educators, some of them with aliases. While remaining unpublished for quite a while, it eventually found its way into the archive of the Federal Centre for Health Education (Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung). Consisting of more the 160 pages, and including drawings, cartoons, and press clippings, it marks the first ever in-depth description of these new public drug scenes of West-Berlin.

  (Type: Report)

  (Format: A4, 168 pages)

• West Berlin · in German Leaflet of the West Berlin Hash Rebels 1969-- »Leaflet of the West Berlin Hash Rebels 1969« 1969, Zentralrat der umherschweifenden Haschrebellen #1391 Format: A4, pink ; Subject: hash, shelter, subculture, activism · ; Temporal Coverage: 1960s, Mark item

  Leaflet of the the “Zentralrat der umherschweifenden Haschrebellen" (Central Council of Roaming Hash Rebels) protesting the Berlin premiere of the Musical Hair in late 1969.

  (Type: Flyer)

  (Format: A4, pink)

  Subjects: hash, shelter, subculture, activism,

• 2 Files  West Berlin · in German First public Smoke-In in West-Berlin (Tiergarten, 5th of July 1969)-- »First public Smoke-In in West-Berlin (Tiergarten, 5th of July 1969)« 1969, Hannibal, Haschrebell #1387 Format: 6 minutes ; Temporal Coverage: 1960s, Mark item

  The idea of collective consumption of illegalized substances such as marijuana as a form of political protest had already been tried out in the US, with the large “Smoke-Ins” in New Yorks Washington Square Park being its most prominent model. The first of such public happenings was the „Smoke In“ at the large park Tiergarten on the 5th of July 1969. While being a rather small crowd of around 50 young, and predominantly male, people, the event drew considerable attention by the public and media as well as the local authorities and the police, who to everyone’s surprise did not intervene.

  (Type: Video)

  (Format: 6 minutes)

• Berlin West Berlin · in German Invitation to the first public Smoke-In in Berlins Tiergarten -- »Invitation to the first public Smoke-In in Berlins Tiergarten « 1969, Creator unknown #617 Format: not specified ; Temporal Coverage: 1960s, Mark item

  In the late 1960s, the idea of collective consumption of illegalized substances such as marijuana as a form of political protest had already been tried out in the US, with the large “Smoke-Ins” in New Yorks Washington Square Park being its most prominent model. The first of such public happenings was the „Smoke In“ at the large park Tiergarten on the 5th of July 1969. It was widely announced by flyers, such as this one.

  (Type: flyer)

• Conditoreei und Café Heinrich Mertens, Motzstr 28, Berlin, Germany · in German Cake, Bottle and Coffee Shop in West Berlin-- »Cake, Bottle and Coffee Shop in West Berlin«de »Mocca- & Likörstube, Conditorei und Café Heinrich Mertens, West Berlin« 1925, Unknown #166 Format: postcard ; Subject: bottle shop, liquor shop · ; Temporal Coverage: 1920s,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1930s,1931,1932,1933,1920s,1930s, Mark item

  A Bottle Shop (Conditorei und Café Heinrich Mertens) in Schöneberg, West Berlin in the golden twenties.

  (Type: object)

  (Format: postcard)

  Subjects: bottle shop, liquor shop,

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