Eldorado

Ludwig Konjetschni owned three of the Eldorado locations (Kantstraße, Lutherstraße, Motzstraße), two of which were known gay spaces (Lutherstraße, and Motzstraße). Many of the details about the history of the Lutherstraße club were published in the German book Ein Führer durch das lasterhafte Berlin: Das deutsche Babylon 1931 (English: A Guide Through Licentious Berlin: The German Babylon 1931) authored by Curt Moreck (pseudonym for Konrad Haemmerling); and the German book Berlins lesbische Frauen (1928) authored by Ruth Margarete Roellig.

Paragraph 175, a provision in the German Criminal Code from 1871 until 1994, made homosexual acts between males a crime. Places like Eldorado offered same-sex dancing partners through a membership system; they issued coins.

The performances at the club were diverse and included effeminate men dancing whilst dressed in women's clothing, and a man singing Parisian-sounding songs in a high-pitched soprano. Marlene Dietrich performed at the club. Additionally they would throw fancy balls and costume parties. Eldorado also included what have come to be called drag shows as a regular part of the cabaret performances. There were numerous somewhat similar establishments to Eldorado during its day. The club has been described by writers and artists, and has been immortalized in paintings and photographs.

Closure of Motzstraße 15

In December 1932, the Berlin Police President Kurt Melcher ordered a closure of all the "homosexual dance pleasures"; this forced closure of more than a dozen clubs. A few weeks later the Nazis were in power. Ernst Röhm was a regular at the club prior to the closure. Hitler was appointed chancellor in January 1933, and shortly afterward the Nazis seized the club space at Motzstraße 15 to use it as the Sturmabteilung (SA) headquarters. By May 1933, Berlin's Institut für Sexualwissenschaft ("Institute for Sexual Science") was also raided by the Nazis.

Starting in 2015, the location is an organic grocery store.

These are some of the known locations of Eldorado, listed by descending date of opening:

Thorstraße 12, Berlin (address changed to Torstraße with an unknown number); this location was active as the Eldorado as early as 1848 (however, this location had a different owner).

Alte Jakobstraße 60, Berlin-Mitte; named the "Eldorado–Diele" and advertised as "a cozy home for older men"

Kantstraße 24, Charlottenburg, Berlin; active form c. 1920 – before 1928, and advertised as the “meeting point of the international sophisticated world”.