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Documentaries SALON KITTY – A Nazi Brothel and its History Original Title Genre Salon Kitty – Ein Nazibordell und seine History Geschichte Running Time A film by 45’ Claus Räfle Digi Beta Produced by Version LOOK! Filmproduktion for RBB 2005 German (OV) Contact E-Mail Phone Fax Telepool GmbH München [email protected] +49-(0)89-55 876-0 +49-(0)89-55 876-188 “Salon Kitty”, near Berlin’s Um den "Salon Kitty" in der Nähe des Kurfürstendamm, is shrouded in myths and Berliner Kurfürstendamms ranken sich legends. Nobody denies that it existed, but Mythen und Legenden. Niemand bestreitet, there are hardly any official records. dass es ihn gegeben hat, jedoch gibt es Film-maker Claus Räfle traces the incredible kaum offizielle Unterlagen. Filmemacher and thrilling story of this upscale brothel. Claus Räfle verfolgt die spannende und Berlin 1939. unglaubliche Geschichte des Edelbordells. In the heyday of Nazi rule, all police Berlin 1939. Auf dem Höhepunkt der headquarters in Berlin receive a telegram nationalsozialistischen Herrschaft erhalten with a request for official assistance. The alle großdeutschen Polizeidirektionen in circular bears the notation “Secret Affair of Berlin per Telegramm eine Anfrage um the Reich” and the text is as follows: “We Amtshilfe. Das Rundschreiben trägt den are looking for women and girls who are Vermerk: “Geheime Reichssache” und intelligent, multilingual, National-Socialist lautet: “Gesucht werden Frauen und sympathisers and, furthermore, keen on Mädchen, die intelligent, mehrsprachig, men.” The young ladies are to work as nationalsozialistisch gesinnt und ferner high-class prostitutes and as “secret mannstoll sind”. Die jungen Damen sollen agents” for the Führer by eavesdropping on als Edelprostituierte und Agentinnen für den the clients. Führer ihre Kundschaft belauschen. In the vicinity of the vibrant Unweit des belebten Kurfürstendamm in der Kurfürstendamm, in Giesebrecht Giesebrechtstraße 11 finden Heydrich und Strasse 11, Heydrich and his colleague sein Mitarbeiter Walter Schellenberg einen Telepool GmbH München Walter Schellenberg find a suitable estab- geeigneten Salon, den die illustren Sonnenstr. 21 lishment, already a regular haunt of Persönlichkeiten der Berliner Gesellschaft D-80331 München illustrious personalities in Berlin’s high bereits seit Ende der 20er Jahre regelmäßig Tel. +49-(0)89-55 876-0 society since the late 1920s. besuchen. tillschweigende Zusammenarbeit Fax +49-(0)89-55 876-188 mit den Nationalsozialisten gewonnen. [email protected] www.telepool.de.

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