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Strike ban in Berlin, 1932

After Reich Chancellor Franz von Papen had taken over the Prussian government, he issued a regulation which made illegal calls for strikes. In order to forestall a feared general strike, a corresponding placard was made public by the military commander of Great-Berlin and Brandenburg Lieutenant-General Gerd von Rundstedt.

BVG tram leaves the station in Berlin-Lichtenberg under police presence, 1932

During the strike of the Berliner Verkehrsgesellschaft ( (BVG) tramways were still used. However, like this first car with the route Suedwestkorso, they could only leave the train station with the help of a massive presence of the Schutzpolizei.

Police major Klein on the way to the court building in Moabit, 1910

The major (2nd from left) together with several officers on their way to the court in Berlin-Moabit, where the riot process is held.

The Technische Nothilfe is escorted from the Reichswehr to the workplace in Berlin, around the 1920s

During the gas and electricity strike, the Technische Nothilfe arrives in Berlin and is taken to workplaces under the protection of soldiers of the Reichswehr (undated photo).

Striking people and protective policemen in front of the portal of the Viktoria-Verischerungsgesellschaft, around the 1920s

Policemen and pickets stand in front of the headquarters of the insurance company "Viktoria" (undated photo).

Strike settlement negotiations during the Essen Ruhr Strike, around the 1920s

The photo shows the medalist Professor Brahn (middle), who stands with miner leaders in front of the building of the Coal Miners' Association in Essen (undated photo).

Pickets in front of the Berlin Cafe Express, 1929

Strikers keeping guard in front of the cafe at Anhalter Bahnhof. The signs in the windows of the cafe indicate that this is not a striking area, while the strikers are bearing signs with the inscription that there is a strike here.

Students' strike in the parish schools in Berlin, 1930

On Communist initiative, students from four community schools in Berlin-Neukoelln organized a student strike. Here several students look at a call on the wall of the 115th and 116th board school in the Lessingstrasse.

Men's free shaving parlor during the strike of the hairdressers, 1920

Several men are being shaved and let their fingernails manicured. On a sign it says: "To support the striking hairdresser's assistants".

Traffic strike in Hamburg, 1925

During the strike the inhabitants of Hamburg used trucks for transport.

Policemen guard the pit of strike miners in Lintfort, 1930

Armed with carabiners, the police secured the entrance to the facility in Lintfort near Moers, where it had just come to bloody clashes.

Reichswehr troops during the metalworkers' strike in Berlin, 1919

The government used soldiers of the Reichswehr to clear the streets around the government district.

Striking Berliners, 1919

These Berliners challenge their employers to pay higher and fixed wages instead of tips. On their signs it says: "Away with the tips".

Car traffic on the Potsdamer Platz during the traffic strikes in Berlin, 1919

Cabs and horse-carts fill the streets of Berlin at the time of the traffic strikes.

Pickets in front of the gate of the railway workshops Berlin II, around the 1920s

During the railway strike a group of strikers keeps guard in front of the closed gate of the Hauptwerkstatt (central maintenance facility) Berlin 2 in Revalerstr. 99 (Undated photo).

During the strikes of the Berlin workers, inhabitants of Berlin are waiting for water in the 1920s

Since the strike of the urban workers also meant that the water supply failed, the inhabitants of Berlin were getting their water by means of the old water pumps of the city and many buckets and bowls. (undated photo)

Striking hairdresser's assistants in Berlin, 1920

A woman and a man hold a sign up high together, which says: "We demonstrate for our arbitrament. "

Fully occupied urban train during the traffic strikes in Berlin, 1919

In order to be able to use the few remaining trains, the passengers took advantage of every space that was offered. There are some men sitting on the locomotive itself. The line on it says: From Voliring to Potsdamer Bahnhof.

Coachmen use the feeding boxes of the horses as sleds during the traffic strike, 1919

Two coachmen were creative at the time of the strike and use the feeding boxes as summer sledges.

Pickets and security police at the headquarters of the insurance company "Viktoria" in Berlin, around the 1920s

During the insurgency strike three pickets (in the background at the entrance) as well as several men of the security brigade keep guard in front of the entrance (undated photo).

Passengers sit on the locomotive of a train in Berlin, 1919

During the traffic strikes there were only a few trains driving that Berliners could use. There was a lack of space on many of the wagons, footsteps and the locomotives were also evaded.

Passengers on the footsteps of a Berlin train, 1919

During the traffic strike, only a few trains leave and they are hopelessly overcrowded. The passengers are standing on buffers and footboards to be able to travel.

Fully occupied train during the traffic strike in Berlin, 1919

Only a few trains drive during the strike and are hopelessly overcrowded .The footboards on the wagon of III. class, which are usually used by conductors only, as well as the locomotive itself are occupied by the passengers.

Employees of the August Scherl Gmbh during the traffic strikes, 1919

Employees go to work on the loading area of ??a truck of the Berliner Lokal-Anzeiger.

Potsdamer Platz during the traffic strike in Berlin, 1919

Through the abolition of all means of transport, the Berliners were forced to return to tried and tested means of transport. Cabs and horse-carts are used as tramway replacement.

Replacement tram during the traffic strikes in Berlin, 1919

This horse-drawn carriage transports 35 passengers, each of whom has paid 3 Marks.

During the general strike soldiers secure the Berlin boulevard Unter den Linden, 1919

Soldiers block the Wilhelmstrasse / Unter den Linden.

Cabs and horse-carts fill the streets of Berlin during the traffic strikes, 1919

Cabs and converted carts on the Potsdamer Platz during the strike.

Railway officer as a living signal mast, 1919

During the railway strike, a railway official acts as a signal mast for a moving train. With his arm and his cap, he gives the driver the signal on the tracks.

Tramway replacement during the electricity strike in Berlin, 1919

A truck is transformed into a substitute transport vehicle. The truck is converted to a bus by means of chairs on the loading platform.

Tramway replacement during the electricity strikes in Berlin, 1919

A truck is used as a replacement tram. On the outer wall the stations of the route can be read: Potsdamer Bahnhof, Anhalter Bahnhof, Hallesches Tor, Neukoelln.

Passenger transportation during the electricity strike in Berlin, 1919

A horse-drawn carriage transports people instead of buses and trams. During the electricity strike, the Berliners revert to tried and tested methods of transport.

During the electricity strikes the inhabitants of Berlin help themselves with a locomobile, 1919

In order to secure the power supply, the inhabitants of Berlin brought a locomobile into a large business building in the Leipzigerstrasse.

Berlin during the strike of the electric company, 1919

During the strike, there are no streetcars in Berlin. Here a view of the Potsdamer Platz, which is filled only by cars and pedestrians. (Undated photo)

Captured steamer in Stettin, 1919

During a general strike, steamers, which are actually ready for departure, are held in the port of Stettin .The passengers are waiting on land.

Strikers guard the entrance of a colliery, 1928

In the Rhenish-Westphalian heavy industry, a wage conflict of the mine workers spread over night into a strike. Here, pickets are controlling the entrance to their colliery.

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Empty Anhalter Bahnhof in Berlin, 1919

Due to a strike, the passenger traffic was stopped. The Anhalter Bahnhof in Berlin there is empty after the departure of the last train.

Water supply through wells during the strike of the waterworks in Szczecin, 1919

During the general strike in Stettin, the water supply collapsed due to the strike of the waterworks. That is why the citizens of Stettin had to turn back to the old wells that supplied water by means of pumps.

Rush on the water pump during the strike of the waterworks in Szczecin, 1919

When the employees and workers of the municipal waterworks were on strike, the entire water supply of the population collapsed .The inhabitants of Stettin had to resort to the wells from the pre-industrial era still existing in the urban area.

General strike in Stettin, 1919

Striking people gather in front of the Stettiner Volkshaus, the seat of the strike leadership.

Strike of the metal workers in Berlin, 1930

Striking workers gather in front of the turbine factory in Huttenstrasse, Berlin.

Changing the points manually during the traffic strikes in Berlin, around the 1920s

A man is changing the points by hand after parts of Berlin also remained without electricity supply during the traffic strike (undated photo).

Policemen secure a Reichsbahn line, 1922

An officer of the Schutzpolizei keeps guard at a railroad line with four armed policemen against attacks by strikers and Communists on the outskirts of Berlin.

Striking sailors are arrested by the police in Kiel, around the 1920s

Sailors with kit bags are escorted by police officers (Undated photo).

Traffic strike in Berlin, around 1919

A car drives past during the strike at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin Halensee (undated photo).

Striking department store employees in Berlin, 1919

In front of the store of the company FV Gruenfeld in Leipziger Strasse several employees are striking.

Strike poster of the metal workers, 1930

In October 1930, the Berlin metal trust called for a strike. Here are two strikers with their poster showing their watchword.

Overloaded tramway during the railway strike in Berlin, 1922

The strike of the railroad workers paralyzed the local traffic network around the capital. Many commuters took the tram instead.

Emergency service during the traffic strike in Berlin, 1919

Since due to the strike no trams were used, an inner-city emergency service was maintained with horse-drawn carts. Here an emergency service transports its passengers in the rain.