Léo Foulet

At the end of World War II, eight-year-old orphan Dieter Engel lived in extreme poverty. What followed was a time of turbulence and social change against the backdrop of the reconstruction of Germany; a time of sexual freedom. Engel set about creating a new kind of brothel, which gave insights into the previously hidden world of female sexuality, deconstructing prejudice and social mores. Before he died, he realised his dream of creating a museum featuring the rare art exhibits he had collected for nearly half a decade. This, he hoped, would contribute to the healing of a fragmented German identity.