Stock Photo - 01 April 2020, Hamburg: Light shines from the barred windows of a department store of the Karstadt department store chain. The department store chain Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof seeks rescue in a protective shielding process in the face of the sales slump caused by the Corona pandemic. The company's application for the initiation of proceedings has already been granted by the Essen District Court, the Group announced on April 1, 2020. The protective shielding procedure protects companies in crisis from the access of creditors, without the companies already having to file for insolvency. Photo: Axel Heimken/dpa. - Hamburg/Hamburg/Germany