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Berlin (dpa / bb) - The former police station at the Zoologischer Garten train station in Berlin is to become a "place of hope" for people in precarious life situations.
«In order to give hope for a better life to those who live on the streets, their own resources must first be activated.
That will happen in the future in the center at the zoo, ”said Barbara Breuer, spokeswoman for the Berlin city mission.
The “Center at the Zoo” is to be officially opened this Wednesday.
Interested parties can follow the opening via live stream on the Internet from 11.30 a.m.
In an area of 500 square meters, needy people can expect a variety of support offers such as psychological counseling or social counseling.
The place should also become a meeting place.
Guided tours, training courses, lectures and courses for interested parties and visitor groups such as school classes, companies or even non-governmental organizations are planned.
The former police station was therefore rebuilt for a year and a half.
"Deutsche Bahn has provided the Berlin city mission with the space in the S-Bahn arches in a premium location for 25 years free of charge and bears the running costs - a priceless gift in the millions," says Breuer.
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Christiane F. made the former police station known.
"In the orderer" We children from the Zoo station ", she reports on constant controls and how she was often taken into custody in Police Station 24 at the zoo," reports the spokeswoman for the city mission.
Two of the former detention cells have been preserved.
The Bahnhof Zoo has been an important point of contact for the homeless for decades.
The station mission in Jebensstrasse looks after several hundred homeless people every day.
Next door, people without their own apartment can shower, go to the toilet or change their clothes in the hygiene center every day.
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Link to the livestream on the city mission website