Title
Zauberflote
Subject
queer club, lounge, & dancehall
Description
Zauberflote was a beautiful dance emporium in Berlin that would entertain both gay men and lesbian women. There were three separate floors, each floor could pack in about 1,500 partygoers. The first floor was a dancehall that was strictly for lesbians. It was known as the "American Dance Palace" that would play loud and aggressive American Jazz. The second and third floors, known as the "Florida Dance Hall" and "Oriental Casino" respectively, were lounge areas exclusive to gay men. Often they would play german folk dance music that led to square dancing. On Monday afternoons an exclusive club of Jewish girls would meet at the Zauberflote, every September they had an annual ball.
Creator
Rhones Agrawal
Source
Gordon, Mel. 2006. Voluptuous Panic: The Erotic World of Weimar Berlin. Expanded ed. Feral House. monoskop.org/images/4/44/Gordon_Mel_Voluptuous_Panic_2006.pdf.
Date
Weimar Period
Coverage
Weimar Berlin, Germany
Dates
1926-1933
Address
Kommandanstrasse 72
Participants
Gay men and lesbians, sometimes transgender folks. "Club of the Girl-Friends" "Ladies Club Erato"