The world seen from an apartment window - the square of Chamissoplatz, as a (German) microcosm. "You don't have to go out into the horrors of life. From the window, with a view of one's home, in the neighborhood, you have the full horizon of being at home. Forgetting oneself. Sluggish and satisfied. And, with all that, the unmistake- able Smalltalk of the neighborhood." Most of all, an aversion to everything foreign ...the search, steered by alcohol, for a little space of one's own. Those who failed to make It enjoy the sun, in a long and carefree moment... Smashed windows everywhere. "Flow long may I stay here?"