"#Reinickendorf, you robbed me of my childhood!" "#" "#Reinickendorf, you loony bin!" "#" "#If we had more regular excursions we wouldn't try to escape so oft.#" "#We often went over the top,# #cops screamed "freeze!"# #but the cunts couldn't catch us.#" "#Oh, glorious freedom!" "#" "Faster!" "Yeah!" "What's going on?" "Look over there." "Irene and Monika." "Go, move faster!" "Not so fast, Mr. Keller!" "Keller!" "Keller!" "Keller!" "Ach, if they make it they make it." "6 hours out there and they'll be back in." "You know it." "Timmi's coming!" "Loitering in the courtyard is forbidden!" "Get inside!" "RIOT by Ulrike Marie Meinhof" "Director:" "Eberhard Itzenplitz" "There was another ruckus this morning, Some of your friends escaped again." "I know." "You girls will never change" "What do you mean?" "I work!" "Yeah you, Where do you work actually?" "Department store." "Yeah?" "I need a new suit, could you bring me one?" "Do you even sell suits?" "We sell everything there is to sell." "Bye!" "Will I get served if I come?" "Shit!" "Oh dear, such coarse language, What's wrong then?" " Oh fuck off!" " come on." "I should have just left you." " can he not just fuck off!" "?" " Oh, this'll be fun..." "If you please, ladies." ""You will be called a donkey," Said the Lord."Does it please you?"" ""Oh, yes," said the donkey, and he left frolicking gaily." ""Noone shall forget his name," God said when he finished." "The animals promised they wouldn't and repeated their names a few more times." "Only the donkey, who was too much in a hurry, did not hear the warning," "He was already thinking of his hay and a nice place to sleep." "As he woke up next morni" "Ingrid, read on!" "As he woke up next morning, he did not remember his name." "First he thought it wasn't serious, God would not take it to heart, but this is where he was mistaken." "Irene!" "She's absent today." "Why?" "Where?" "It's a school day, no?" "Well "absconded", if you so prefer." "Oh!" "Well, Monika then." "She's absent too!" "My God, how can I work with you if you're not here!" "?" "Barbara, continue then." "But Mr. Nagel, we're here." "Why always shout at those who've done nothing wrong?" "Barbara, please, and Iv, you be quiet!" "I want to smoke a cigarette." "Can I?" "Say another word and you'll be out of the classroom!" "Exactly what I was trying to suggest..." "Barbara, please!" "This story is stupid." "Barbara!" ""Then, God seized him..."" "No, we are at:" ""But this is where he was mistaken."" ""But this is where he was mistaken." "The same day God asked of each animal its name." "All knew it, only the donkey started to stutter, unable to remember his."" "What did I tell you?" ""Then, God seized him by the ears." "You are called a donkey, will you remember it?" "'Eee-ah!" "' screamed the donkey."" "Runaway!" "Runaway!" "Break!" "Break!" "Smoking in class is forbidden!" "You could have kept that one to yourself." "Question of prestige." "#Reinickendorf, you robbed me of my childhood!" "Reinickendorf, you loony bin!" "I love Theo" "Don'tpissin thecup !" "Shit." " Hello?" " One way ticket." " Where's Monika?" " Inside." " She got scared?" "No the silly cow twisted her ankle, And Keller caught up with us in his VW" "Want one?" " No, Did he touch you?" " He didn't dare." " And where are you going?" " Yeah I got away, I was quicker." "Well to my mum's first, to get some money." "Are you coming today?" "Sure, I promised I'd come." "On Saturday I've got night leave." "I know." " I just wanted to remind you." " So you did." " You could have forgotten." " But I didn't forget." "What's up with you?" "Nothing." "See you later." "I hope you understand it's not worth trying to escape." "We are faster than you." "You should have noticed that by now." "You caught Irene too?" "How's your foot?" "Oh, Frau Timm, I'm craving you know..." "You mean that you want to smoke a cigarette?" "Oh, Timmi, I would love a cigarette!" "If you behave, I'll get you one this afternoon." "I asked about your foot." "Please answer!" "If I had a cigarette, my foot wouldn't bother me." "Monika!" "You must take care of your body." "It's also important to your education." "So please tell me, does it hurt?" "You're supposed to stand up when you talk to an adult." "Sit down." "I forgot you hurt your foot." "If you hadn't tried to escape, it wouldn't have happened." "You will learn even if it must be at your expense." "Yes, I understand that." "What is it then?" "I thought you'd be happy." "Hey kid, do you want a Schnapps?" "Don't have the time." "Where is dad?" "At home, as you know." "A little kirsch?" "No thanks." "And grandma?" "You leave grandma in peace!" "You can't agitate her with her weak heart." "The bill, please." "80." " See you!" " See you." "I can't stand those guys." "Don't bother with that attitude." "Then what do you want?" "Where will you go?" "I know what I want." "Did you and Dad argue?" "Or why are you being so wierd?" "It's none of your business." "Was he pissed again?" "I can't help you either." "Oh, I know that." "Dad doesn't want you to come here." "Because of the customers." "And you wearing your trousers." "Anybody ever said anything?" "I don't think its very nice either." "You should be ashamed." "Oh just stop!" "I should get married, right?" "I see what's going on here." "Everything was much better before you had the bar." "Things will be better next year." "Oh yeah, once you've bought a car." "I heard that one before." "Then business will be bad again, dad will piss all the money against a wall." "After that you will need a new fridge." "None of that concerns me." "Later you'll make up." "Could you give me anything?" "And where are you going?" "I'll see." "First to grandma." "Make that a twenty." "Thanks." "If you can't sleep at grandma's place you can come and sleep here." "Come when it's dark." "No one has to know." "When your dad is gone." "If the cops come, say you know nothing." "I'll call you." "I was in the bathroom, Frau Timm." "Have I got mail?" "You will know soon enough." "'day, Frau Lack!" "You know the latest?" "Monika is in the hole again." "What?" "You can go see for yourself." "Why can't we all go?" "That would be too many." "Ten girls, no more." "Tell us at least who?" "I must review the list with Frau Timm," "And the regional youth service will take the final decision." "They don't even know us." " They know your files!" " Hah, yeah." "This excursion is an experiment." "You know we've not done this before" "I thought we should bring the girls who have been here the longest, those who have proven themselves." "I'd like to know how long you have to prove yourself for!" "Anyway I can tell you now it won't amount to anything." " And why?" " Because of the runaways." "When one leaves all the others will be punished." "You know the song." "And Timmi will be happy that she has something to forbid us from doing." "Yes well, we'll wait and see." " Mr Nagel?" " Yes I'm coming." "SHIT SCHOOL" " Let's go sneak cigarettes into the hole!" " Oh yeah!" "I've got this feeling something will happen today" "It's like I can sense it." "Please tell the girls that they are all expected to return from this excursion" "As a matter of course, tell them I expect this of them and will guarantee it personally." "Tell them they are granted this opportunity in my name and I know that " " I know that they will return in full to their work when they come back." "It was at Hamburg." "I don't know why, but of all the homes that was my favourite." "Because of a nice teacher?" "No." "No, the teachers were stupid." "I'd not care either way to see them again." "No, it was because of the fish story." "I was in homes for as long as I can remember, but that one was great." "Anyways, I didn't eat the fish." "Just the smell of it makes me sick." " Monika you'll have to eat your supper!" " I don't like fish." "Beside my grandmother's place, there was always this snack bar, where they'd eat grilled fish." "Now don't put up a fuss." "Fish is healthy and you want to go swimming later, hmm?" "Bärbel, the girl next to me kept playing with the braids in her hair..." "One bite for your mummy..." "Don't know her." "Well then a bite for daddy?" "Don't have one!" "If I hadn't been in Hamburg, I'd have run." "They wouldn't have caught me." "So, you'll eat it all up now." "You'll stay here until you've finished it all." "Well, I sat there." "For 30 hours?" "3 hours?" "I've no idea really" "And in between he kept saying:" ""Now, eat, are you going to eat, yes or no?"" "Just like that, telling me to eat." "Idiot!" "We're sat waiting for you!" "Well done!" "I'm so proud of you!" "See?" "You can do anything you put your mind to!" "Some cigarettes for Monika, if you have no objection!" "I don't think Monika objects!" "Under the bed, the wire, Monika knows." "Take your jacket off." "Have you eaten already?" "I had Breakfast." "I'm not hungry." "It's noon soon!" "Did you have an argument with your landlady?" "She chased these kids from the yard." "Just for playing with their scooter." "She has such a loud voice." "So, it wasn't because of me?" "Ach you know." "She can't say anything against me because you're my grandma." "Yes but this loud voice" "Don't you understand?" "Did you not sleep well?" "When did you go to bed?" "Wait!" "The cops!" "I'm not here!" "No, not here, no." "Yes, maybe on the other side." "Good bye." "Come!" "You can come out." "Was it the cops?" "Who was it?" "Tell me!" "Something about a misparked car." "PIGS!" "Don't talk like that." "But they are pigs." "Leave it be, you can stay here for now." "I saw a poster at Benda's." "They are looking for help in their store." "Go!" " Not so fast, man!" " OK!" " Good luck!" " Thanks!" "What you looking at?" "Move!" " Mail there yet?" " Look what's written there." " Watch where you're going!" " Herr Martin?" "I'm waiting for a phone call." "Oh." "Look!" "Frau Timm wrote another message." "Look out for it for me" "Well, what?" "About the phone." ""All inbound calls for girls must be approved by the director," "Who will decide if they are to be forwarded."" "I'm in the laundry room!" " What's your name?" " Stop your wittering out there!" "What?" " Your name please?" " Evelin Hagen, my mother is Schulze." "Hagen, Schulze..." "Hang fire I put Schulze through!" " To whom?" " Well to Frau Timm!" "Who else?" " It can't be!" "Fuck!" " Now just what do you think you're doing?" "I must speak to Frau Timm." "It must have been decided while I was away." "They won't be able to force you there." "What's really so bad about the convent?" "Everything." "The food?" "Stew every day." "And they put stuff in it to make us fat." "You're mad!" "So why do the nuns not eat with us?" "At the Steinhauser home the teachers didn't eat with us either." "So why are all the girls so fat then?" "My girl, it's because you take such huge servings!" "as if eating was your sole pleasure." "And then, the punishments!" "Here everything is simple:" "No cigarettes, the hole, no leave, no TV." "Here we know where we are." "At the convent?" "First it's contempt." "Then we must apologise." "Reflect on it and be ashamed." "And to sleep with boys is supposed to be sin." "When Mother Superior said that, I asked:" ""So what are we here for then?"" "Kitchen chores, apparently!" "And all the drama about my hair." "How I worried about my hair!" "My mother had beautiful hair." "Once she came in as I was brushing my hair." "Where is your mother?" "With a Yank in West Germany." "It's why I left, to see her." "Anyway, because of my hair I had to wipe 400 chairs. 400!" "What's important is what's in the heart." "Our Lord Jesus doesn't care about such trivial things." "He is a friend even of the sinners." "He is yours, if you are careful in keeping your body as clean as your soul." ""Reinickendorf, you robbed me of my childhood." "Reinickendorf, you loony bin!" "If we had more regular excursions, we wouldn't try to escape so oft." "We often went over the walls" "The cops screamed:" "Freeze!" "Ah, here you are." "It's still left to be seen if I am here!" "I'll help you for the covers." "What are you doing here?" "Nothing!" "Well make room!" "Jutta, be careful." "I won't work today." "Leave the switches alone!" "I won't work today, no way." "Jutta!" "come with me to the workshop immediately." "No, I won't go." "Right now, Jutta!" "I won't work today." "I don't want to." "Today you're working at the workshop, So please go there right now!" " Miss Teacher!" " Frau Bonni?" "You mind your own business!" "Frau Bonni it's called "coercion and battery."" " Shut up!" " Fuck off." "Iv, go away!" "Jutta, come with me!" "Stupid cow!" "Now she's gone to see Frau Timm." "She just wants to scare me." "I said something would happen didn't I?" "Why are you acting so weird?" "She gets no night leave." "Why not?" "How should I know?" ""Jesus doesn't care about trivial things." "he is a friend of the sinners he is yours too if you keep your outside and inside clean."" "Give me the photo." "No, no!" "Sister Mathilde!" "I can't believe your story." "Ask the others." "It can't be true." "And if it is true?" "What then?" "What work have you done so far?" "In retail." "How long?" "6 months in a self-serve in Neukölln." "So why did it not work out?" "Sit down, please." "My mum wanted me to help her at the pub, to be able to take leave from time to time." "You make a good impression." "If you like the work, if you think you are able..." "In theory, I like it." "Show me your papers, please." "I don't have any." "You make me laugh." "Are you from Kant Street?" "No, not jail, a home." "A home for young girls?" "Yes." "Where then, at Lindenhof?" "Of course not." "A runaway?" "No!" "Come back with your papers tomorrow?" "Then we will be able to sort everything out." "Yes." "And you'll get your hair cut." "Me, I don't care." "But for the customers, you know?" "Yes." "Then we agree, see you tomorrow then?" "See you tomorrow." "If I were director I would fire all the teachers." "Hey, be careful." "Not all of them." "Frau Lack can stay." "You would not be any better." "I would only hire people like Frau Lack." "Yeah but when you need her she's too chicken." "But at least she shows that she is scared." "And I would let all the girls take leave." "They will be back as soon as it gets cold anyway." "Think about those who'll have a pimp who hits on them and takes all their money." "They have themselves to blame." "Eventually you have to go somewhere, even if it's a foster home." "And then I would abolish work." "If it's voluntary most would stay anyway." "It won't work if you abolish all work." "You have to do something sometime." "That's the worst part of the hole, having nothing to do." "Nothing to read, nothing to play with." "No work." "Nothing to kill time." "With a real salary." "We are the only ones crazy enough to work for 20 pence an hour." "And cigarettes in abundance!" "About that, it's pay day!" "Let's go smoke one." "Good idea, come!" "Where are you going?" "Iv, where are you going?" "For a smoke." "Not outside, it will cause drama again." "Ach, Schrödi, we'll be right back." "If you earn enough you can do a lot of things." "No-one would yell at you anymore..." "They would say:" ""Babsi, would you please clean the flower beds?" "Babsi, would you be so kind please?"" "Timmi again!" "Smoking during work hours is forbidden." "Back to work!" "And tonight you clean up all the flower beds!" "Work comes first." "Babsi, please, Iv too, go, go, go, go, go!" "Then I went back to the convent." "We had gym class." "We had to get changed." "The teacher came back up..." "Who did that?" "Who did it?" "I will punish the whole class if you don't tell me who." "You are cowards." "You disappoint me." "To do wrong and be afraid to admit to it after." "We used to admit our wrongdoings." "Tell me at least who put the fire extinguisher in the toilet." "Come on, who?" "Monika Gerolds." "Louder." "Monika Gerolds." "Afterwards, we got back at her." "She had to leave school too, because nobody would talk to her." "But the social assistant already had all the proof he needed." "She wanted me back at the convent." "Was it really you?" "Who put the fire extinguisher in the toilet?" "No, but nobody believed me." "If she had not said that..." "How much did you get?" "2.40 Marks." "I only got 1 Mark." "I had to buy socks today." "Look!" "Ach it's just Hannelore." "She won't dare." "Well go!" "We should break Monika out." " From the hole?" " From where else?" "A whole week slaving away for 1.20 Marks." "Oh yeah, payday!" "Hah!" "She runs like she's getting a proper wage!" "We wrote it all ourselves." "The story was about a little girl and her stepmother." "The stepmother was really mean, and always beat the child, without feeding her, and the child was forced into labour, and wasn't allowed to play, like other children and always had to do the dishes." "The stepmother would laze on the couch, and the child was always getting yelled at, until she was put in foster care." "And then, one day, the stepmother admitted her ill doing, and the child could go back home," "and everything was good again." "Ilona, Monika!" "Exactly as I thought!" "It's unbelievable." "It's unheard of!" "Come down right now!" "Move, move, move!" "Well are you going?" " I've been already." " Where?" "the toilet?" " No, outside." " I don't believe it!" "I got cigarettes." "Here, do you want one?" "That's great!" "Go out, get the cigarettes, and come back." "Next time you want to bring me some." "If you have the money?" "We'd invite girls from the outside, with whom you can be friends." "No, no, not a good influence." "Monika is not a good girl, believe me." " What is this?" " A lighter." "We have central heating, you won't need that here." "We're going to put it aside." "Where is this from?" "Anneliese gave it to me." "You know you have no right to accept gifts." "Or Anneliese's mother comes and asks where the radio is." "Do you have other things that are not yours?" "No." "And it's not even working." "So you broke it too." "She gave it to me so my brother can repair it." "Don't lie to me." "And don't talk back." "You are carrying your whole childhood about with you." "You must learn to grow up." "All this old stuff goes in the garbage." "Trash!" "But I haven't seen this letter." "Now it gets interesting." "Let's see what we have here." ""I love you and will do forever." "Let's stay together forever, Monika."" "Here is the proof." "I will teach you, you little perverts!" "Put your things away and go see Sister Beatrice." "You will be finished in 5 minutes." "And then they threw me out." ""We don't want lesbians here," they told me." "And did you see Ilona again?" "No." "May I ask you something?" "I need to go eat." "I might have some time later." "We can talk about it more." "Well go then." "Anyway it was a dumb question." "I have night leave this weekend." "You don't have to come if you don't want to." "Schrödi notes the hours anyway." "And if Babsi doesn't come, she can't operate the machine by herself." "Let's go, let's just do it!" "Right now?" "It'd be better after we've eaten." "If we don't eat it doesn't bother anyone." "So kids." "What are we eating today?" "Have you been with Monika?" "Yes." "When will she get out?" "It's Frau Timm who decides that." "Come on, let's eat." "Where is Jutta?" "She might be on hunger strike again." "Why?" "What a stupid question." "Firstly, she was grounded, and secondly she is not hungry." "Pass me the soup, please." "Frau Lack, does the window of the hole use a normal key?" "Yes, why?" "Just wondering." "Why?" "If it's a square key, she could break the spoon in half, and use the two parts as a key." "Awesome!" "Do you think it fair that we get sent there for such trivial shit?" "No." "So why don't you say anything?" "It wouldn't change anything." "Against who?" "Have you ever spoken about it to the Youth Service?" "Not with Youth Services, but with Frau Timm." "And then?" "You can imagine how that went, no?" "We have the right to ask, right?" "Well you also have the right to be quiet." "This is where we agree the most." "No, we don't agree." "I don't like you." "The others like you, but not me." "Oh well, too bad." "Pity." "For you." "I thought for you." "Now leave it be." "Frau Lack, Frau Lack, mack, back, zack!" "Kack!" "Are you a lesbian?" "You know I'm married." "But you're different." "Why?" "You don't hate us, others say it too." "My mum says she would rather whore herself than do it with a girl." "Stop that." "No, if we really love someone, it's not like whoring yourself." "But we whores are often that way." "This is something else." "I'm going to tell you something." "I don't know if it's good for you to be the way you are." "To love someone is not bad." "I only wonder sometimes, if you really love each other." "Some girls that play macho are mean to other girls" "Like men who are cruel to their wives." "If you really love each other everything is fine." "It's better to love a girl than to love no one." "Frau Timm doesn't agree with it." "Ach forget what Frau Timm says." "It will be hard for you if you don't change." "Everyone will be against you." "Like Jynette" "She looks like a man." "She can't work anywhere." "She works at the gas station." "She doesn't work at the gas station." "It's tough when you have the whole world against you." "If you argue with your girlfriend, you will see her in the eyes of others." "Others find that ugly, you will also find it ugly." "It will be hard for you." "But Frau Timm struggles against that." "Have you spoken about it to Frau Timm?" "You don't dare?" "Just a minute." "Fuck!" "A runaway!" "Look!" "A runaways at the door!" "Come in." "You ran away?" "We must apologise, we just got up." "From 4 in the morning to 2." "Ten hours, not much." "Sit down." "We even have bread for you." "Hey!" "Bring the butter." "So tell us, did they let you leave?" "No, I ran away." " When?" " This morning." "She ran away this morning and came straight to see us!" "You did well little one." " Are you from Steinhauser?" " No, from Lindenhof." "Lindenhof?" "Where are you going?" "I can sleep at my grandmother's place." "You can also stay here." "The couch is free." "Don't need it, thanks." "Think about it at least." "Come on, eat something." "The coffee is still lukewarm." "Hey!" "bring a cup!" "You want bread and butter?" "I'm not hungry." "Come on." "What do you want with it?" "Sausage, cheese, jam." "We have it all." "Cheese." "Tell us." "Who is still there?" "Is Ilse Lärcher still there?" "No she's spent the last two years at Steinhauser," "No foster carer wants her." "70 already denied her." "The runaway comes from Lindenhof." "From Lindenhof?" "But you always ran away from Steinhauser." "This time I wanted to prove myself." "And you couldn't make it?" "No." "I'll never be able to." "I will always run." "It takes too long to prove yourself." "It's good." "Do another one." "Look at what I'm doing." "Here the 1, and there the head..." "Tonight, coming in, Heidi was drunk again..." "That's a lie." "I was mad." "Good, if you want." "Anyway, she took out all her money, she tore it up and threw it in the air." "And me, like a dumb ass, I have to stick the pieces back together," "And then swap them at the bank." "Typical Heidi." "Afterwards I will make some food to eat." "We still have to clean the dishes." "Help me a bit, Irene?" "How's Timmi?" ""It's forbidden..."" "When I just hear her voice..." "They told me that I would get work outside," "If I do good, like Gisela." "She works in retail." "After two months behaving I went to see her." "She told me:" ""Yes, be patient, we'll see, everything is hard."" "I answered:" ""If you break your promises," "I won't keep mine!" And I was gone." "I would have done the same." "Frau Heger is still there?" "Look, here's a towel." "No, she is gone, she got married." "Most are new." "Now, we have Frau Lack." "What is this?" "Oh, she's cute isn't she?" "She has such tiny hands." "A gift from Jynette." "Frau Lack is nice." "Yeah, she has cool ideas, about foster care and all." "And who are you going out with now?" "With Gisela Berger." "Eki is going out with a man, and whoring herself." "She lives at the Imperial with Gabriele Kaufmann, 450 Marks for the room." "What?" "450 Marks?" "What do you expect." "Without ID..." "You heard?" "450 Marks one room at the Imperial." "With clients?" "No, just residential." "I was so dumb." "I thought we were going to the court." "My social assistant only told me to come." "When she came to pick me up at the convent" "She told me I was going back to foster care," "That it didn't work at home." "But I didn't figure it out." "Well Monika, we've come this far." "This is the Lindenhof." "You're going to stay here for a while." "I hope you like it." "Goodbye." "Stop!" "Have you gone mad?" "Take me!" "The van is gone, girl." "For that, I found myself in the hole." "It was the first time." "How dumb can we be to think we can change things." "At Steinhauser the hole is there to think." "I think it's good that we think." "I did everything I was told." "They told me that I had to prove myself." "I thought I would be allowed to leave." "And then they found out the hat story with Christine, then I had to go to court." "Wait a minute." "I'm going to see outside." "What's going on here?" "Work hours started long ago." "What are you doing sitting around here?" "Iv?" "We're striking." "You're what?" "We're striking." "We'll stay here til Monika is out." "What sort of an idea is that?" "A good idea." "Do you have a problem with it?" "Don't be so silly." "At the latest she'll be out for lunch anyway." "If you cause drama like this you will only make things worse for her." "We will see!" "We thought it over and we'll see it to the end." "You said yourself that we should try different methods." "I didn't mean something like this." "Children, children..." "And afterwards I should be the one to sort everything out?" "No." "Just leave it." "You do what you think is right, and we will do what we think is right." "Stop sticking your nose into other people's business." "As you wish." "But don't expect me to fix things up afterward." "Did I ask you to?" "Finish your story quickly," "I still have to talk to Frau Timm, and then I'll have to go" "Was that Iv?" "She's always getting into trouble." "It will be a scandal if you have to spend the night here." "Iv is a troublemaker." "We'll see what happens." "Anyway," "At least we won't get bored anytime soon." "No." "Anyway, about the hat." "What do we do about Monika Gerolds?" "I suggest immediate supervised education." "The hat story is not that important." "But the grandmother is in way over her head." "We've tried everything." "Monika Gerolds!" "#Without her trousers, her bra is loose, Sassi gets out of bed." "#In the next room, there lie two lovers" "#Fucking each other senseless." "#Granny runs back and forth." "#She doesn't know what to do, or to whom she should complain." "#(The wrinkly bat!" ")" "#Here, come to Steinhauser, In your time here you'll get" "#An education with your fingers in your gash!" "So why did you do it?" "I don't know." "You must have..." "Christine told me we were getting hats." "And did you need a hat?" "No." "You only listened to Christine then." "If someone told you to jump off a cliff, would you?" "No." "What do we call it when you take things that are not yours?" "Theft." "Is it allowed?" "No." "You know one must be punished for this?" "Yes." "You know one can go to jail for this?" "Do you want to go to jail?" "No." "So why do you do these things?" "#All my little ducklings!" "What is the meaning of this?" "Iv?" "Frau Schröder is looking for you all everywhere." "Where is Frau Lack?" "Inside." " The door is open." " Frau Lack what's going on here?" "I want to talk to you right now." "You leave, move now!" "This is a private matter!" "This is unauthorised absence!" "You will not be paid for your work." "This is unbelievable!" "We wanted to suggest you let Monika out." "We think she's been in there long enough." "Ridiculous." "What silly ideas." "Move!" "No TV this evening, for anybody!" "No television!" "Come down and see me immediately!" "And you back to work!" "Move!" "Move!" "It's all wrinkled, Frau Shroder I can't do any better, it's not my fault!" "Give it here I'll soak it again." "Where are the others?" "Like that, I will at least have some well pressed handkerchiefs." "Yes well we can't start the machine just for handkerchiefs!" "Well they're important!" "Here you are!" "I thought you weren't coming!" "We'll never get these tablecloths done!" "come on!" "And my handkerchiefs?" "We will do them later." "It's always "Later"." "For once I would like us to do something right now." "Do the tablecloths." "Life isn't that fair!" "#All my little ducklings!" "I don't think it's right to send Monika back to Marienheide." "She's going to Friedrichshöhe." "That's not what I mean." "Monika will not feel comfortable at the convent." "That's not relevant." "She's already been 2 or 3 times, each time it didn't work out." "It was her own fault." "She must learn to be flexible." "If not, there is only West Germany." "We should keep her here a while." "We could give her the choice:" "The convent or the West, if we get a free place." "Yes but that's not a choice!" "I think that's also why Irene left:" "She was scared of being sent to the West." "My God, the things they come up with." "Talking to them is pointless, honestly." "The convent, could we talk about it?" "It's Youth Services that decide." "Could you call them?" "I talked with Monika." "She won't be better off at the convent." "But her place is already filled!" "Irene's bed is free." "Hold it." "Good if it works." "If not..." "Too bad." "I've been looking forward to that for ages." "Why didn't you say anything?" "Till right now on the first finish?" "Because there's nothing funnier," "Than if someone still has those 2 cards," "And the others are done!" "Man thats stupid." "I was excited: for once I had a really good hand." "And you at least could have said something!" "Yeah well: unlucky at the game, lucky in love." "That's where you're right." "One more game?" "No." "I have to finish the runaway's hair." "And I need to get ready to go and pick up Gisela." "Don't be surprised if you're not properly blond yet." "Red is gone afer 2 or 3 washes" "Anyways it looks better." "You'll look older." "That's what I wanted." "I also did it for Jynette." "Now no one thinks she is only 21." "Oh man it stings a bit even!" "Faster." "Gisela will be out soon." "She gets out on the 18th." "If not, her leave is fucked again." "Look at the shit mess you've gotten me into!" "You pigs!" "asslickers!" "Now I have to go back to the convent." "Because of you!" "Why did you do that?" "You mean bitches!" "I could beat you all up!" "Now I've to go to the convent!" "I don't want to go to the convent!" "You're crazy." "I'm not crazy at all." "Frau Timm told me herself!" "She didn't want me to change." "It's all your fault!" "It's because you sat around in front of the hole." "She hopes it will teach you a lesson!" "Bullshit." "It's the Youth Service who decide not us." "Stop crying." "Lift the skirts of the nuns, and they will throw you the fuck out." " Knock her out." " Spit in her face." "They don't want the tough ones." "I have a cool idea." "Pretend you're a lesbian!" "Yeah?" "How?" "Now you're talking crazy!" "No, Iv's not crazy..." "Stroke her neck and give her a kiss!" "She will send you back." "No, they'll think she's happy." "Not if she does it properly." "Monika, please come." "Should I?" "Yeah, do something." "Whatever, but try something." "Man, there's so much you could do." "Write them a kinky letter." "As soon as love is mentioned they think it's dirty." "You don't even need to swear." "If we can do it at the convent why not here?" "We got Monika out of the hole." "She would have gotten out anyway." "Nonsense." "They forgot about her until the van got here." "We could do something too." "But who here would help?" "There is no solidarity here." "Monika, get down here right now!" "I don't want to go to the convent." "We must get a ladder." "Sorry, but I won't be getting my hands dirty." "not before the law passes." "Which law?" "The law that says we have the right to touch her without being charged." "Let her stay up there forever, I won't bring her down." "Monika, get down now!" "I don't want to go to the convent!" "Not bad, keep going." "Stop staring and get back to work!" "If you don't get down right now, I will personally ensure that you get transferred to the West." "But I don't want to go back to the convent." "Why such drama?" ""Plane still in the hands of the highjackers..."" "Come look!" "They're trashing the fence!" "Man!" "cool!" "That is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen." "Me too!" "Frau Timm!" "Have you seen Irene?" "No." "She was supposed to meet me but she wasn't there." "Only my brother." "That's typical of her." "Unreliable." "I'm looking for Sister Bernhardine, have you seen her?" "No." "Aren't you Monika Gerolds?" "Yes." "We know each other then, from Marienheide." "So?" "Did Mother Superior pass by?" "No idea." "Some nun did go past saying she'd return." "Don't use this insolent tone with me!" "We will tame you." "You will see." "I will notify Mother Superior." "Sister Ambrosine!" "Good morning, Veronika." "Morning." "Tell me, can't you stand up?" "Yes." "Sit back down." "You will feel at ease here with us." "I already have your file." "First you will have your own room, so we get to know you and where best to put you." "No smoking here, Veronika." "We don't want you making friends amongst yourselves." "You don't have a good influence on each other." "Any more questions?" "No, let's go!" "My name is Monika, and I don't want to stay at the convent." "What?" "I don't want to stay in the convent." "What's all this drama about?" "I dont wan't to stay at the convent." "And also your breath stinks." " My what stinks?" " Your breath." "Pfui!" "So how does it work then?" "The boy shows you the broad, if you like her, he hooks you up." "And what do you get for it?" "I think the same as on Kant Street, only it's with women." "I don't know..." "Well when you need money and you have no ID." "You don't have to." "It's only a suggestion." "Yeah, a suggestion..." "I can't be bothered with this any more.." "Gisela going out with a man, I never thought she was like that." "It's always the same with girls like that." "One way on the inside, and different on the outside." "No I meant the other way round, On the outside they're one way and.." "I think I will go back." "Maybe she didn't recognise you because of your new hair." "Yeah well, let's see what's happening with those Americans." "It still doesn't give me an ID." "I think I will go back." "Are you angry?" "Yes." "What do you want from me?" ""Eddie Lee Prentice"" " You shouldn't have come for the money" " Are you a cop?" " Where's the girl, Eddie?" " You are a cop!" " The girl, Eddie?" " So, not a cop" " Where is she?" "Tell me!" " I don't know!" "Ihavenothingtodowithit!" "Anyway, she promised me 1000 dollars!" "And where did she promise you'd get it?" "Where, Eddie!" "?" "I thought I said no TV tonight?" "Go to your rooms!" "Go, go, go." "She couldn't get over it." ""Me?" "I stink?" "My breath stinks?"" "Timmi!" "It's forbidden to smoke in your rooms." "Show me your hands." "Pick up the cigarettes!" "Go!" "go!" "Pick it up!" "You don't want to?" "Good." "All girls wages will be docked by 5 marks due to forbidden smoking in the bedroom." "And no TV." "This evening there will be an immediate and thorough cleaning here." "You will wash doors, the windows, and wax the floor." "Back to work!" "And pick up the cigarettes now." "If not, the group is grounded." "I didn't smoke." "It was the others." "Well you can thank the others." "Karin, Barbara, go get the vacuum cleaner." "I am waiting here, no one is leaving." "We will check the floor to make sure you didn't burn it." "Otherwise you pay for the damage." "I have nothing to do with all this." "I worked all day." "Then you will have to teach your colleagues to obey the rules." "Everyone is at fault." "Bullshit!" " Frau Timm, be gentle!" " Iv!" "This young lady sleeps here?" "No, she's just visiting." "Better that way than visiting at night." "I don't mind about a party once in a while." "Well, I don't care how you pay the rent." "You always pay on time." "Most want to be lodged for free!" "You can do what you want in my home." "Anything." "Except for spending the night, it's written in the lease." "Well, I wish you all good evening." "Many thanks for the salt." "Good, Frau Berkhof!" "Goodbye, Frau Berkhof!" "How much do you pay for the rent?" " 180 before utitilites." " What?" "In the dark you can't see if they're clean." "If they're filthy tomorrow, it'll make my day!" "I must, I must, I must, I must..." "How does this sound in a sentence?" ""Lick my ass or bathe."" "#In a money forging factory, we two were working... #with copper and lead, in small circles..." "#You did not say a single word..." "#But then I realised it was the pigs." "Someone have a smoke?" "I don't have a light." "And the light?" "#cell doors, echoed softly... #after our 15 year vacation in jail." "Busy today." "I won't do much today, I'm tired." "Last week, 3 runaways disappeared." "They don't take care of themselves." "Once outside they'll go with anyone." "Me, I never go up to a client's place." "Girls in foster care only think about the money." "They would be better off thinking about themselves." "Wait." "40 Marks at my place." "No, just at the playpark." "Hey!" "if there is a problem, Jynette is at the Hardy!" "How many straws have I got in my hand?" "Hey!" "How many straws?" "You look weird." "Want to guess?" " We are part of the blond clan." " All queers are blond." "27." "35." "36." "50." "I say 34." "If I win, I have to buy myself a drink!" "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6..." "Hey look who's coming!" "No!" "This can't be true!" "Where did you come from?" "From the West, if thats OK." "This is what I told you last time." "She said if I am not back, it's because they've taken me to the West!" "I have to count my straws first!" "Man!" "That's unbelievable!" "...28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35." "Thirty-five!" " Man!" " Lucky me!" "Then, tell us about it." "Are you leaving already?" "Where are you going?" " To whore ourselves." " What?" " Go!" "tell us!" " We took the bus." "The guard was cool, he offered smokes and everything." "Do it again." "She's fast asleep." "Stop the noise." "You could join us!" "Just let me sleep." "I've worked all day!" "And we didn't?" "You've no idea." "When you get out, you'll see what it's like outside." "I need to go pee." "Go." "And if its the day of rest today?" "Not on a friday." "Today is pay day." "For the Yanks too?" "I don't know." "50 Marks would be enough." "With that I can already buy ID." "Are you mad?" " Who?" "Me?" " No, Karin." "Why, because I smoke?" "It's forbidden to smoke." " Who said that?" " Frau Timm." " Since when do you listen to Mrs. Timm?" " I'd like to know that too." "It's forbidden to smoke." "But why?" "Going to the toilet isn't forbidden, but its what pisses them off." "Smoking is also a personal liberty." "But bad for your health!" "Fuck." "I don't know everything." " I need to pee." " Go, then." "You just smoked?" "Children it's late, just stop it!" "I want a few hours sleep too." "Tomorrow morning I'm working again." "Frau Segeberg is sick." "Good night." "You see, she didn't notice anything." "You're here again." "My God, my legs hurt!" "Yeah, I could feel every stone through my shoes." "Move over!" "You're back early." "Where did you go?" "God I can't move!" "Wait, I have another." "I don't understand what's going on!" "I'm going to die laughing." "There was nothing, nothing!" "We walked for hours and hours!" "From the metro station?" "Jynette was saying:" "look at the yellow adverts." "And it was a flower shop!" "We turn the corner." "And what do we notice?" "Purple adverts this time." "It was a hair dresser!" "And then through the woods..." "We'd have fallen in the water if it weren't for the fence." "We saw this light." "It was a reflection in the water." "A jukebox!" "There was a party in one of the villas." "We heard this pop there." "It was a portable radio!" "She sent me, I had to ask." "A lady went past." "I asked her if there were other clubs around." "She answered: "Oh, well there is the grill, It's not expensive and the food is good."" "If only she knew what we were looking for..." "A red sports car passed by us 3 times." "That guy had his own ideas, like." "We went across the forest again." "Ah, the fresh air of the forest!" "My legs are still cold." "Imagine if we had counted on that?" "If we hadn't had enough to take the S Bahn, we would still be there." "It must still be over there somewhere." "She told me, she's been there before as well." "Here comes Heidi." "Heidi?" "Does she think we won't notice that she's finished early?" "Not even 12:30." "You're here already?" "We couldn't find it." "Why?" "It was supposed to be close to the tram stop." "We walked everywhere, we couldn't find it." "Are you pissed off?" "No." "Give me a Kirsch." "What's wrong with you?" "Nothing." "I'm just tired, I was working." "Working the night shift wasn't exactly my choice." "Just leave the door open." "I'm shattered." "I'm working early tomorrow." "If I don't get to sleep" "I'll never cope!" "We didn't choose for you to do night shift!" "What do you want to achieve with this insolence?" "That the door stays open!" "This is the last time!" "I don't believe your milk story!" "It speeds up digestion." "You're doing this on purpose!" "No!" "We just want the door open!" "I am tired!" "Ask Frau Timm!" "You have to make a written request anyway!" "You're not bloody illiterate are you!" "?" "close the door!" "close it!" "Is it already daylight?" "No, it's the moon." "Not so loud." "Are you sleepy?" "No, you?" "No." "Maybe there's a man outside with a flashlight." "Are you thinking about anything?" "No, you?" " Mmhmm" " What then?" "I'm dreaming." "Listen to what I'm dreaming about:" "Outside in the yard, there is a little wooden shed, with a heart on the door, cut out of the wood." " Like a toilet?" " Mmhmm" "And this little shack is the only toilet for everyone that lives there." "Let me go!" "I need to go!" "Open up!" "I need a piss!" "Get up!" "What's going on?" "Look around you and you'll see." "Oh but of course you wouldn't have heard anything." "Look at this mess." "And afterwards it's the state who has to pay for it, eh?" "And what do you want from me?" "come on, get up!" "But I'm working early tomorrow." "I need to sleep." "Hah yeah, I need to sleep too." "Thank your friends for it." "What's wrong?" "Nothing." "Are you leaving?" "Yeah, and?" "In the middle of the night?" "It's early." "But why so suddenly?" "You can stay at my place." "I changed my mind." "I don't understand." "There is a lot you don't understand." "You can't hold on to a traveller!" "You're right." "Bye, and thanks a lot." "Say hi to Heidi." "Call the Youth Service so they can pick me up." "I ran away from the Lindenhof, I want to go back." "My name is Irene Carstens." "I don't have any papers, I ran away, as I said." " May I sit?" " Yes, of course." "Thanks." "Irene Carstens" "#"..." "You loony bin"" "#"If we had more regular excursions, We wouldn't try to escape so oft"" "#"Often we jumped the wall, cops screamed "Freeze"..."" "You look so tired." "Yes, bye!" "Bye." "There you are again!" "You!" "what did you do then?" "We had a riot, well not us, but the result was the same." "Going to see Iv in the hole?" "We'll see." "It must have been hard last night." "And tonight we'll do it again." "I'm on guard tonight." "I won't need to open the door, now that I know." "Leave the door open then." " It's forbidden." " Why is it forbidden?" "You could have waited until today!" "We were just in the mood at the time." "In the mood!" "A thing like that must be discussed first." "It must be planned" "Easier said than done." "Jynette did the same once, everyone was going to leave Steinhauser." "But one of them spoke too much." "They didn't know themselves what it was that they wanted." "That's the problem!" "If you don't know what you want you can't do anything to get it!" "Good Morning!" "You're back already, Irene?" "As you can see." "But what happened last night?" "Keep your fucking nose out of it!" "Decide once and for all, if you are with us or with them!" "?" "When it's important you just shrink away!" "Yeah can't do anything about it, it's the others' fault." "When needed, Frau Lack is just like all the others." "But when nobody's there, then Frau Lack is sweet!" "In the hole, Frau Lack is super cool!" "But when it's needed, Frau Lack is useless." "She must lock the door, transfer to the West, turn off the TV, turn off the lights." "She'll suck up to Frau Timm." "She'll kiss Frau Timm's ass!" " Irene!" " No, I'm talking!" "Me!" " Let me say something too!" " ME!" "And what should I do, in your opinion?" "First ask fewer questions." "We are the ones in this shit." "We're the ones getting fucked." "If only once we could do to you what you do to us!" "Switch roles just once." "Lock up the door from out there with you lot sitting inside!" "Ah, it means nothing." "You are knocking at the wrong door with Frau Lack." "At least she listens." "You can only say that to someone listening." "That's why you are knocking at the wrong door." "I can't do anything about that." "But it doesn't achieve anything." "If we knew what we wanted," "Then Frau Lack could take our side." ""If"." "Look:" "We take action and what happens?" "A riot." "Break everything." "The cops come." "Done." "Finished." "Then we'll do it again!" "We'll never get those pussies to change." "We need to talk more, discuss much more, explain WHY we do things." "What we want." "Write proper things on the walls here," "Not "Peter I love you" or shit like that" "What then?" "Yeah well, "Down with the Youth Service!" Or, "The homes are jail!"" ""We want real salaries!" Things like that." "Then you will never escape." "Oh rubbish!" "They throw out troublemakers." "Those that behave, they're forgotten." "They rot in here." "If you submit they will finish you." "Do you understand Iv?" "If you submit, they're happy because you've been ruined." "That's why they're nice to you:" "it's because they've broken you." "Who'se on duty tonight?" "Riot by Ulrike Marie Meinhof with... subs by DeEn2849"