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Magnus Hirshfeld and friends
The Eldorado Berlin 1932-72
Eldorado Club photo by Herbert Hoffman
Jahre Katalog Rocky Twins
queer80s:
A peek inside Berlin’s queer club scene before Hitler destroyed it (x)
For Germany’s gay men and lesbians, though, Berlin represented promise. Its gay scenes offered exciting places to hunt for love and happiness. Christopher Isherwood, whose short stories based on his stay in Berlin eventually became the basis for the 1972 film Cabaret, with Liza Minnelli, put it simply enough: “Berlin meant boys.”
Magnus Hirshfeld and friends
The Eldorado Berlin 1932-72
Eldorado Club photo by Herbert Hoffman
Jahre Katalog Rocky Twins
queer80s:
A peek inside Berlin’s queer club scene before Hitler destroyed it (x)
For Germany’s gay men and lesbians, though, Berlin represented promise. Its gay scenes offered exciting places to hunt for love and happiness. Christopher Isherwood, whose short stories based on his stay in Berlin eventually became the basis for the 1972 film Cabaret, with Liza Minnelli, put it simply enough: “Berlin meant boys.”
