Letters from Nahariya
While researching the Berlin district of Tempelhof-Schöneberg, I came across the story of the Nahariya Kiez and was immediately interested in learning more about it. Located on the southern outskirts of Berlin, the settlement was planned and built in the 1970s by the Protestant church community there and is an example of the failed housing policies of recent years in Berlin. In the early 2000s, the church community was forced to sell the estate to investors, after which the administration changed several times. This led to a neglect of maintenance, the effects of which can still be felt today. Social tensions between old residents and newcomers, broken lifts and rubbish in the stairwells are just a few examples of the acute grievances on site. Nevertheless, the story of the settlement is told very differently by each resident I spoke with: Some would rather move away , while others speak of positive coexistence and a place of peace from the hectic pace of the big city. I started working on the series in 2021 and am still working on it.
