16 févr. 2022

Photos that capture the dark, seedy underbelly of 1960s Hamburg


Wedged on Hamburg’s infamous Reeperbahn, in the thick of the city’s Red Light District, Cafe Lehmitz once stood as a raucous, no-frills dive bar. Surrounded by over 25 brothels, open around the clock, it was a late-night playground for local working people; home to a family of misfits. “The music was good,” Anders Petersen says softly. “The people were very kind… It was a very special place.” 

- Dazed