Nicole (“dream woman”), Lexi (“indescribably feminine”) and Joyce (“versatile Caribbean model”) advertise on the homepage of the “Freudenhaus Hase” in Berlin, but the women are not allowed to work.
Brothels are closed and sexual services are prohibited until further notice.
In normal times, the women are self-employed, the client pays them a directly agreed fee - and a room rental to the operator of the brothel.
In this case it is Simone Goretzki, 58.
“Prostitution has always been a difficult business,” she says. However, their situation deteriorated dramatically during the pandemic. From the November and December aid promised by the federal government for companies - 75 percent of the previous year's turnover - Goretzki has only received 1900 euros on account for November and no money for December.