Berlin: Pensioner sustains life-threatening injuries after being involved in the Luxemburg-Liebknecht demonstration. A conversation with Alexander Klein

Because we were busy with the treatment, I repeatedly asked the police officers standing around us to call an emergency doctor. But they refused because they said they didn’t have time. Instead we were pushed, our rescue packs kicked and thrown around. Ultimately, a parliamentary observer called the emergency doctor. The police then refused to let him cross Frankfurter Allee. If the police had called the emergency doctor right away, we wouldn’t have lost 20 important minutes!

But otherwise you won’t be prevented from treating patients at demonstrations? In some cases we are even prevented from even providing medical protection for gatherings. On November 18th we were searched in Eisenach for over an hour. The police even wanted to look into my underwear. We were not allowed to take protective helmets or scissors with us to the rally. The police repeatedly deny that we are rescue workers and try to classify us as demo participants, even though there are a number of court rulings to the contrary. In 2022, we were in court in Hamburg four times for this reason - and were acquitted four times.