They saw themselves as progressive - and sexually exploited children
A study examines how supposedly progressive networks in Berlin sexually abused children from the 1970s to the 1990s. Pedophile homosexuals and left-wing autonomous projects were involved. A look into human abysses.
I.ngo Fock doesn't want to tell so much about himself that day. “I am a contemporary witness and a victim, but my story is actually only exemplary. So it shouldn't be the focus today, ”he says. Just so much: he too suffered abuse in a so-called pedophile circle of friends. Later also sexual violence, on the children's line at the Bahnhof Zoo in Berlin.
Today's chairman of the “Against Abuse” association spoke more intensively about this time with the “Fluter” magazine. About how he, the neglected separation child, between the ages of seven and 13, was abused and passed around by an acquaintance of his mother's. Nude photos, stroking, kissing, oral sex, anal sex - Fock suffered all of this. Then the children's stroke. When he was 13 years old, he was too old for men.
"It was completely normal for children to run around naked on the street in Berlin-Kreuzberg," says Ingo Fock, who as a child was himself a victim of abuse in the capital
"It was completely normal for children to run around naked on the street in Berlin-Kreuzberg," says Ingo Fock, who as a child was himself a victim of abuse in the capital
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Berlin-Kreuzberg in the 1970s was a hodgepodge of different movements, says Fock. 68s, hippies, the beginning gay movement. Sexual self-liberation was capitalized, with slogans such as “The law knows limits, love does not” or “Free love for free people”. “I grew up with that,” says Fock.
"It was completely normal for children to run around naked on the street in Berlin-Kreuzberg." It was the phase when the sexual liberation movement and the homosexual emancipation movement found perverse derivations in the demand of pedosexual groups for the impunity of sexual acts by adults with children and Adolescents.
Commission President Sabine Andresen emphasizes that pedo-criminal networks like those in Lügde and Bergisch Gladbach are not a new phenomenon
Commission President Sabine Andresen emphasizes that pedo-criminal networks like those in Lügde and Bergisch Gladbach are not a new phenomenon
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The independent commission for the investigation of child sexual abuse has now taken on these pedo-criminal networks and presented an extensive preliminary study. After coming to terms with sexual abuse in the GDR as well as in church, sport and the family, it is another major focus that the Federal Government's commission for dealing with abuse has taken on.
The preliminary study prepared by the art historian Iris Hax and the cultural scientist Sven Reiß aims to provide an initial overview of the forms of organization, networks and debates of the protagonists of the time and presents their approach and justification strategies. The spotlight fell on Berlin from 1970 to the early 2000s; In addition, the commission sees a great need for nationwide research.
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But the chairman of the commission, Sabine Andresen, is already emphasizing that pedo-criminal networks like those in Lügde and Bergisch Gladbach are not a new phenomenon: “Organized structures of sexual violence against children and adolescents were formed before the Internet age and were able to establish themselves over a long period of time. This becomes clear from the research. "
“Lots of loose threads” had emerged during the research; they should be brought together through archive work and interviews with contemporary witnesses. The example of Berlin shows how the pedosexual actors use the debate about the decriminalization of male homosexuality for their interests. They have also found allies in the left-liberal milieu as well as in Berlin children's rights groups and the left-wing autonomous scene.
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The archive of the Schwules Museum Berlin has proven to be a valuable source, said study author Sven Reiss. The actors there have been making their sources scientifically usable since 2011 and thus taking responsibility for a “complex interweaving of the primarily male homosexual movement with the pedosexual scene”.
This also included extensive holdings of the “AG Pedophilia”, which has existed since 1979 - such as scene writings, photo material, correspondence, diary sketches and other documents. “For the activists, the archiving offered an opportunity to locate themselves as a legitimate part of a common history of movement,” says Reiß. The evaluation enables a "deep insight into their living environment".
In a self-presentation of the “AG Pedophilia” it was said: “In its interpersonal relationships, pederasty represents a combination of father, friend, teacher and sexual love, depending on the personal devotion of the partner Sexuality, which is subject to persecution and thus partial prevention, it is the task of a committed group to stand up for the social recognition of pedophilia. "
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The reform of the homosexual paragraph 175 in 1969 fired those who, in the process, also construct the narrative of a pedosexual emancipation movement, says Reiss. Various homosexual organizations had their own sub-groups for pedosexuals , such as the Federal Association for Homosexuality, which existed until 1997. The archives also contained travel guides and scene guides in which places of child and youth prostitution were specifically named. Abuse magazines such as “Pikbube”, “Ben” or “Peter” advertised with advertisements such as “Boy 12, Knabe 18 and their educators. The hottest sex! ".
Another focus of the preliminary study were the Berlin “children's rights groups” and “projects” as well as the left-wing autonomous scene, some of which were offshoots of the Nuremberg “Indian commune”. The so-called children's rights groups specifically sought contact with children and young people who had run away from homes or homes and were living on the streets. Their support was then referred to as the “liberation” of the child from petty-bourgeois family and oppressive relationships.
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The research indicates, however, that housing the girls and boys in apartments was primarily about their sexual exploitation. "This approach is known as the perpetrator strategy," says study author Hax. The alleged struggle for “children's rights” was always about the demand for “voluntary sex” with adults. Women's projects were also involved - such as the “sewer rats”, a group of pedosexual women from the lesbian scene who took in street children.
Even the Berlin Senate Administration was involved in organized child abuse . On the advice of social worker Helmut Kentler, foster children were specifically placed with pedosexual men in Berlin from the end of the 1960s. The “Kentler Experiment” has already been extensively worked on by the University of Hildesheim.
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“Liberalization and liberation from social constraints have positive connotations in our society. Against this background, it was and is difficult for victims of sexual violence to be heard when it comes to the dark side of this social development, ”says Commission chairman Andresen.
The preliminary study is the starting point for the processing commission to deal with the processing in the field of youth welfare offices and various areas of science. At a symposium on June 1, there will be a joint exchange with contemporary witnesses, scientists and other experts.
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