Many elderly German nursing home residents were left in tears after they were evicted to make room for migrants in Berlin. The case has received widespread media coverage and highlights a growing trend in Germany. Adding to the scandal is that the owners of the building and operators of the nursing home are Christian non-profit institutions that belong to the Berlin Diakonie.
REMIX News News that they were being evicted was met with “shock and astonishment” from the residents.
The building, located on Müller Street, was meant to house elderly residents for at least another 10 years. Originally, “Wohnen & Pflege Schillerpark” in the Berlin district of Wedding bought the building to house 141 residents and signed a lease for 25 years. The nursing home was run by the Paul Gerhard Foundation starting in 2006 with an option to extend.
That plan has been terminated early, and instead, the building has shifted to housing foreigners, most of them illegal aliens. The foundation running the nursing home informed 110 elderly residents they would have to leave, with half already moving out, and the other half slated to leave at the end of 2023.
“During the evictions, tears flowed among those affected. Containers stood in front of the building for days, the furniture was simply thrown away,” said an anonymous relative.
Focus magazine wrote that it is far more lucrative to house migrants. This may have been a consideration, even for Christian organizations, which have budgets they must carefully watch and staff to pay. According to Focus online and other media sources, operators can earn far more money housing migrants than caring for elderly patients in Germany.
BZ media outlet spoke to the Paul Gerhardt Foundation, which claimed the conversion of the nursing home was not an economic decision. Instead, it stemmed from “the requests of the State Office for Refugees (LAF).” If true, it means the government also played an active role in forcing out the elderly residents to make room for migrants.
Focus writes that the news of the eviction first came to light in a statement, which detailed how the Johannisstift Diakonie had terminated the lease for the nursing home. The statement was signed by Pastor Martin von Essen, the head of the Paul Gerhard Foundation, which runs Johannisstift Diakonie. In the statement, residents were informed the lease was ending, but residents were also not made aware that the lease was originally meant to run until 2031.
While glossing over the eviction of the elderly residents, near the end of the statement, the pastor emphasizes “decades of experience” in refugee work. He finally announces that the nursing home will “expand” the “places for multiple traumatized foreigners in need of protection” from the end of 2022/2023.
However, the pastor may have used hardball tactics to force out the seniors. Focus writes that his organization ended the lease early by claiming it would seize the property under a “personal use” clause. This personal use clause, often quite controversial, is regularly used by landlords seeking to evict tenants despite an existing contract. The landlord simply claims he or she, or a family member, needs the property for their own personal accommodation.
It is unclear exactly how the Paul Gerhard Foundation would justify “personal use” to end the contract early in this case, but apparently it was enough to force the other organization to agree to break their leases as well.
When asked about using the “personal use” clause, the pastor refused to answer Focus’ questions on the subject, but according to the news outlet, “In church circles (…) it is an open secret that running a refugee home is financially more attractive than running a nursing home.”
This is not the only instance of church organizations evicting seniors to make way for refugees, either. Earlier this month, the story broke that 40 tenants were being evicted from their apartments in Lörrach to make way for refugees. In 2022, 244,132 mainly Muslim asylum seekers registered in Germany.
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Hartmut says
This is going on throughout the entire country for quite some time now. And municipal officials are going rampant in public about the senior citizens affected having the ‘audacity’ to oppose such measure, like a sort of lese majesty.
It is another proof how brazenly and disrespectfully officials act by publicly shoving it into the visages of their own citizens who in the end were and are working to support the public sector.
The good new is attorneys are getting on this since clearing living space to house aliens is no legal ground for evicting current residents.
Az gal says
If they put the Musscum in nursing homes, they will be raping the old men & women. Nursing home rape gangs.
SuzyQ says
God sees what the greedy do, they will be punished for eternity
Daniel Erbstoesser says
Thanks for getting onto this Bonni. This you must spread all over America because it is a warning as to what happens when your politicians turn against you and your nation. This is only the start and this week we got to read in our town paper that when we dont give emty apartments and big halls then they will have to come see how much space we have and make what is called a ZWANGSZUWEISUNG (forced placement) and if there is no space well they come you give. That is what is happening in the best germany of all times and should you not agree then you are a nazi with antisemite tendencies and a islamophob plus a raccist and more. As i write and have written the hour of power is comming and cannot be stopped and sad to say but the eu is lost because it has over ten million fighting age invader in its midst and that cannot be turned back and to say it can be turned back is lieing to yourself. Get ready then soon the party starts and you sure as hell dont want to be caught with your pants down.
BareNakedIslam says
Daniel, I did some stories just like this on Sweden a few years ago which were equally horrifying. It won’t end well for a country that disrespects its elderly citizens. On the other hand, Sweden just elected a right wing government.
Daniel Erbstoesser says
Bonnie a rightwing gov. wont help and cant help because of the migrationpackts and all of the human rights shit . Havent you written that england cant deport them, well that is why they cant and wont. The set laws from our nation destroyers stop any means of protection for country and people. To say it short they can and we cant, that also should show you what we are worth to them.
GreekEmpress says
What’s next? Orphanages?
Daniel Erbstoesser says
No our homes and thats no joke.
GreekEmpress says
I’m glad that you are posting here to let us know what’s going on. Stay strong, sir, thoughts and prayers are with you—
Daniel Erbstoesser says
I can stay strong because i have thousands behing me and we call ourselves the few and we are international yes we sit in england germany france and some in hungary and other places, we or most of us are veterans and we know our business so no problem there. I write because i learned in the US that i have freedom of speech and that i wont let them take from me. They can lock me up but i wont shut up and i say what i want and what is really happening, You stay strong and let them know that you dont want this shit and for all most importantly vote them out. Keep on keeping on.
GreekEmpress says
Will do!
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Ramez Fekry says
Tragic beyond words!