Berlin’s After-Hours True Origins
“We had a second whisky, and another one, and that’s when I suggested that we tried to see what happened if we removed the curfew for two weeks, and that if it didn’t work, we could always implement it again and deal with the consequences. And he accepted.” Berliner Zeitung/ Lockerdome)
Berlin post-war politician Heinz Zellermayer recalling in 2005 how he persuaded General Frank Howley (the US leader in charge of Berlin’s American Sector immediately after the end of world war 2) to remove all licensing restrictions on clubs and bars (leading to today’s 24/7 nonstop club culture).
