(31 Jul 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Berlin – 22 July 2025
1. Outside of Cafe Hoven
2. Various of worker inside cafe making coffee
3. Close of cups of coffee
4. Mid of coasters
5. SOUNDBITE (German) Danjel Zarte, owner of Cafe Hoven: ++STARTS ON SHOT 2 AND PARTIALLY OVERLAID BY SHOT 6++
“When I opened the café and it became clear that it would be a queer establishment the attacks began with faeces on the windows, with things being thrown at the windows or into the café. Verbal attacks, physical assaults, fire extinguishers thrown at the first floor of my office, windshield wipers broken off, windows smashed—yes, an act of terror. But I believe that my values are right, and that’s why I won’t let myself be driven away."
6. Close of coasters
ASSOCIATED PRESSS
Berlin – 26 July 2025
7. Tilt down of banner reading (German): "Silent was yesterday, today it’s going to be colourful” with crowds on street
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Berlin – 22 July 2025
8. SOUNDBITE (German) Danjel Zarte, Owner of Cafe Hoven: ++STARTS ON SHOT 7 AND PARTIALLY OVERLAID BY SHOTS 10 AND 11++
“I will definitely cry, as I do every year at the CSD (Christopher Street Day), because suddenly, when you stand in the crowd and see these differences and then see them come together again, it’s just very moving to feel completely accepted once a year.”
ASSOCIATED PRESSS
Berlin – 26 July 2025
9. Mid of truck and large crowd
10. Various of people at CSD event
11. SOUNDBITE (German) Thomas Hoffmann, CSD executive board member:++STARTS ON SHOT 11 AND PARTIALLY OVERLAID BY SHOTS 12 TO 14++
“Recently, we have repeatedly heard people say to us that we have received enough attention, that too many rainbow flags have been raised, but at the same time, hate crimes are on the rise and existing rights are being taken away from us again. We say "never silent again" and now we are taking to the streets more than ever.”
12. Wide of crowd at CSD event with TV Towner and Brandenburg Gate in background
13. Close of poster depicting German Chancellor Friedrich Merz as a clown, reading (German): “More rainbows, less clowns”
14. Pan from people on truck to the motto of side of truck reading (German): “Never silent again”
15. SOUNDBITE (German) Thomas Hoffmann, CSD executive board member:++PARTIALLY OVERLAID BY SHOTS 16 AND 17++
“The mood is actually tense, people are afraid, they are unsettled, but that also drives people onto the streets, it brings them together and that is really a powerful, wonderful sign for more equality.”
16. Wide of Christopher Street day protest with Brandenburg gate and the Berlin townhall in the background
17. Crowd at CSD event with truck in background
18. SOUNDBITE (German) Danjel Zarte, Owner of Cafe Hoven: ++PARTIALLY OVERLAID BY SHOT 19++
“I have never seen so many people at CSD as I have done today, and I am incredibly moved that so many people of other sexualities outside the queer scene were there too.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Berlin – 25 July 2025
19. People waving large Pride flag in front of the Reichstag building
STORYLINE:
A neon sign inside the Das Hoven cafe in a trendy Berlin neighborhood proudly proclaims “Queer and Friends”.
The sign was intended to show the cafe is a safe space for members of the LGBTQ+ community. But it has also become a beacon for hate and homophobic attacks.
Owner Danjel Zarte said there were currently 45 pending criminal investigations related to incidents at the restaurant in the last year and a half, ranging from verbal attacks and physical assaults on patrons and workers to windows broken or covered in feces and swastika graffiti.
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