Domenica Niehoff
Domenica Niehoff | |
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Born | Domenica Anita Niehoff 3 August 1945 Cologne, Germany |
Died | 12 February 2009 Hamburg, Germany | (aged 63)
Nationality | German |
Occupation(s) | Prostitute and activist |
Domenica Anita Niehoff (3 August 1945 – 12 February 2009), also known as Domenica, was a German prostitute and activist. She appeared in television shows in the 1990s, where she campaigned for the legalization and regulation of the profession.[2]
Biography
Niehoff was born in Cologne. Her mother, Anna, fled from her father and raised her children by fortune telling and minor crimes. After her mother was arrested, Niehoff and her brother Amando lived in a Catholic orphanage until she was 14 when she began work as a trainee clerk.[2] When she was 17, she met a brothel owner whom she later married. Her husband committed suicide in 1972.[3]
During that year Niehoff started working as a prostitute in the
Niehoff died in February 2009 from
In November 2016, it emerged that a street was to be named after Niehoff in the Altona district of Hamburg.[6]
See also
- Prostitution law
- Decriminalizing sex work
- Sex workers' rights
- Sex Workers' Rights Movement
Literature
- Domenica Niehoff: Domenicas Kopfkissenbuch. Droemer Knaur, München 1989, ISBN 3-426-03994-X.
- Domenica Niehoff: Körper mit Seele. Mein Leben. Aufgezeichnet von Hans Eppendorfer, Droemer Knaur, München 1994, ISBN 3-426-75062-7.
- Fee Zschocke (Texte), Andrej Reiser (Fotogr.): Domenica und die Herbertstraße. Eichborn, Frankfurt am Main 1981, ISBN 3-8218-1701-1.
- Domenica Portfolio. Grafikmappe, Schreiber & Leser, München 1993.
Media
- Menschen bei Maischberger, talkshow on German television(in German)
References
- ^ Meyer-Odewald, Jens (13 February 2009). "St. Pauli: Der Kiez trauert um Domenica Anita Niehoff. Die "Königin der Reeperbahn" ist tot" (in German). Hamburger Abendblatt. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
- ^ a b c d Childs, David (7 March 2009). "Domenica Niehoff: Prostitute and social activist who campaigned for the legalisation of her profession". The Independent. London. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
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Hasse, Edgar (12 February 2009). "Domenica – die Befreierin der Prostituierten ist tot". Welt(in German). Retrieved 23 February 2009.
- ^ Lentz III, Harris M. (2010). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2009: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. Jefferson, NC & London: McFarland. p. 391.
- ^ "Domenica Niehoff wird in Ohlsdorf beigesetzt". Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). 11 March 2009. p. 9.
- ^ "Hamburg to name street after Germany's most famous dominatrix". The Guardian. Associated Press. 21 November 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
External links
- Domenica Niehoff in the German National Library catalogue
- Domenica Niehoff at IMDb
- Domenica Portfolio, Loustal international Art Site: Virtuel Museum
- Domenica Portfolio, Schreiber&Leser
- Sexarbeit Prostitution – Lebenswelten und Mythen, Exhibition in Museum der Arbeit, Hamburg (in German)