At the beginning of the week I was in Berlin, and the big news was the theft at KaDeWe. Television troupes with cameras interviewed the clients in front of the beautiful department store.
The building is one of the best examples of the Historicism style. Each time I go to Berlin I try to reserve one lunch time break for visiting the food hall and trying out one of the fabulous counters. And pick up something at the newsagent, so far my favorite in Berlin, because of the wide choice available!
Well, it looks like the theft technique was particularly clever…the biggest heist in the more than 100-year-old department store history.
Than reminded me of an interesting theft attempt done in Rome a few years ago. Via Condotti, Bulgari flagship store, 9 am in the morning. A fabulous unique piece had just been put in the window-display, when an Abschleppwagen – what’s its name – a tow truck crashed into the window.
Unsuccessful but spectacular. And worth of the Darwin Awards Selection Speciale…the thieves got presumably inspiration by the 1997 film “Face” with Robert Carlyle.
The dramatic plot of the movie turned to commedia all’italiana. The thieves hadn’t calculated well that there would not be enough space in the carillon-style via Condotti, to gain sufficient accelaration in order to successfully break in!
The german truck-proof window bent inwards a bit, but didn’t break…Vorsprung durch Technik!
The thieves escaped in motorino but were soon riacciuffati (nice italian expression, uh? literally, catched by a tuft, rockabilly thieves!)….
PS
one week later, still no clues on thee KaDeWe heist!
photo Omniroma Franceschi Repubblica
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