Rausings targeted in protest against Berlin bookshop eviction
Last modified on Thu 22 Apr 2021 11.57 EDT A UK-based Swedish multibillionaire family known for their philanthropic donations to literature, libraries and other arts, have become the target of angry protests in Berlin over the eviction of a community bookshop from a counter-culture neighbourhood. The bookseller Kisch & Co, which has operated for the last 24 years from a historic building on one of the main thoroughfares in the Kreuzberg district of Germany’s capital, was told on Thursday by a criminal court to vacate its premises. The building’s owners were represented via video link in c...
Source: theguardian.com