The marker will be embedded in the ground at the entrance of what is still a buzzing thoroughfare of brothels and sex shops, and include QR codes remembering the women of St Pauli whose fates are known.
Its just 60m-long haven for debauchery remains a seedy fixture of pub crawls and stag weekends. The opaque metal gates, affixed with signs in German and English since the s barring women and unders, block out prying eyes and feature on countless Instagram feeds. Rubberneckers who trespass have been known to be bombarded with water balloons and insults hurled from upper-floor windows. Of these, were taken into custody.
Many were imprisoned and deported to concentration camps. Others underwent forced sterilisation or were driven to suicide, researchers say. She told Der Spiegel she had attempted to spotlight individuals with experiences such as those of Gotthardt, who was born in to an impoverished family and worked as a prostitute from the time she was a teenager.
Amid a spreading crackdown under the Nazis, the Gestapo picked up Gotthardt for failing to undergo mandatory checks for sexually transmitted diseases. Forced to work at the extermination camp, she repeatedly attempted to kill herself. Jewish fellow detainees accused Gotthardt of mistreating them for which she was tried and convicted in Poland after the war. Prostitution is legal in Germany. This article is more than 9 months old.
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