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Prostitution in Late Imperial and Weimar Germany

The state of prostitution in Germany during the late imperial and Weimar periods, including reform debates and the emergence of sex-reform activism.

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Jan 6, 2026
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Were there ever child brothels before 1933 in Germany?

Historians agree that sexual exploitation of minors existed in Germany before 1933—children were among those vulnerable to prostitution in large cities and railway stations—but solid, wide-ranging doc...

Jan 27, 2026

What role did urbanization and migration play in increasing vulnerability to child prostitution in Weimar and early Nazi Germany?

Urbanization and large migration flows after concentrated destitution, anonymity, and commercialized vice in —conditions that historians link to increased visibility and vulnerability of children to p...

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