Bruno Koschmider was a German entrepreneur in Hamburg, Germany. He controlled various businesses, such as the Bambi Kino, which was a porn cinema. Allan Williams booked The Beatles (in May 1960) into Koschmider's Indra club.[1][2]
The Beatles first played at the Indra[2] club - sleeping in small, dirty rooms in the Bambi Kino[2] - and then moved (after the closure of the Indra) to the larger Kaiserkeller[2][3] In October 1960, they left Koschmider's club and worked at the "Top Ten Club",[4][2] which was run by Peter Eckhorn.[5] When Paul McCartney and Pete Best went back to the Bambi Kino to get their belongings they found it in almost total darkness.[6] As a snub to Koschmider, they found a condom, attached it to a nail on the concrete wall of their room, and set fire to it.[6] There was no real damage, but Koschmider reported them for attempted arson. McCartney and Best spent three hours in a local jail and were deported, as was George Harrison, for working under the legal age limit.[7]
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