Summary Even financially strong companies could not be attracted. The truth is bitter: Berlin in the mid-90s is not a world metropolis, but the capital of kebab shops. The city is poor and tough. Districts such as Kreuzberg, Wedding and Neukölln are left behind and threaten to degenerate into ghettos with their predominantly migrant and unemployed population. Crime and gang fights are the order of the day. At the center of it all: Savas Yurderi aka Kool Savas, who would soon become the most influential rapper in Germany. The only thing that works commercially in Berlin is techno, the first German-German youth culture that has long since arrived in the mainstream. The Love Parade and clubs like the Tresor conquer the hearts of Europe's youth from the center of Berlin. The number of visitors to the Love Parade doubles from year to year. Meanwhile, Diepgen and Landowsky are not giving up. They want to force the boom and put all their eggs in one basket: Berlin is now to become the German financial center rather than an industrial city - and soon rival London and New York. The beginning of a major catastrophe for the city: the biggest banking scandal in German history takes its course. And a young politician from the second tier skilfully seizes the opportunity to take power in the city: Klaus Wowereit.

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