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Germany: 'Café psst!', brothel in Berlin closes its doors
It was an 'institution', but it could not withstand competition
04 December, 18:51
(ANSA) - BERLIN - In Berlin, ''Café Psst!'' closes its doors for
the final time. In the city where brothels are legal, and where
you can find them scattered even throughout the bourgeois
neighbourhoods, the brothel founded by Felicitas Schirow was a
true 'temple' of 'sex for sale', a significant chapter in '' the
history of civil rights of prostitutes in Germany''.
That's what the Sueddeutsche Zeitung says today, reporting the
news. The victory in a case dating back to 2000 - against the
district administration that had revoked the cafe's licence -
was the essential premise for the law on prostitution in 2002,
which improved the protection of the profession by legalising
it. Since then, however, the competition has increased, and
''Café psst!'' went bankrupt, falling victim of its own battles.
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