The Kaiserstrasse in Frankfurt, 1959 (b/w photo)

Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany The picture was taken for an article of the series "Unser Wunderland bei Nacht" (Our wonderland at night) by the journalist Stefan Roon, which was published in the Muenchner Illustrierte (1958, no. 51). During his stay in Hamburg Roon accompanied various prostitutes, who told him about their lives. The picture shows the Frankfurt Kaiserstrasse from above. According to a protagonist, in some of the luxurious cars prostitutes are driving, looking for male clients. A multi-part TV movie was shot on the basis of the article in 1959 bearing the same title, which was to show the dark side of the cities of Germany.