One of my characters may have been a Weimar prostitute. It seems a strange twin to the coloured-taxonomy that was to come, when a pink triangle or yellow star spoke volumes. So, Weimar prostitute โ so far, so expected. What kind of prostitute then? Is there life after Sally Bowles? There would appear to be 16 types of prostitutes, according to Mel Gordon, whose Voluptuous Panic surveys Weimar erotica.
Why so many prostitutes? Gone were the Kaiser and the old morality, and in their place was a new liberal republic. And then there was the general economic collapse and inflation. In October , German currency traded at the astronomical rate of 4. Having seen this list, I will certainly look at SS boots with fresh eyesโฆ.
Prostitutes even pay income tax and charge VAT. Wikipedia, every googlers first port of call, cites the German population of prostitutes at , None of which strike me as particularly Weimar. With Weimar we want glamour and decadence, trans-gender chorus dancers, bobbed hair and whips.
How to square any of that with the elegant woman disembarking on the Isle of Man in my third chapter? Figuring it out. View all posts by ukpr. And again I wonder how often coffee table book with nice pictures of the Weimar era could be mistaken for history book with accurate information.
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