Bruno Koschmider

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. Miles. p56.] [http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://webs.wichita.edu/mschneegurt/hamburg/kaiserkeller.gif&imgrefurl=http://webs.wichita.edu/mschneegurt/hamburg/hamburg.html&h=254&w=355&sz=65&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=XuBKiGVW2CiqFM:&tbnh=87&tbnw=121&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dkaiserkeller%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG Photos of Clubs in Hamburg] ]

The Beatles first played at the Indra club - sleeping in small, dirty rooms in the Bambi Kino - and then moved (after the closure of the Indra) to the larger Kaiserkeller Miles. pp57-8.] In October 1960, they left Koschmider's club and worked at the "Top Ten Club", Cynthia Lennon “John”. p93.] which was run by Peter Eckhorn. Miles. pp71-72.] When Paul McCartney and Pete Best went back to the Bambi Kino to get their belongings they found it in almost total darkness. Miles. p72.] 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. Miles. p72.] 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. Miles. pp72-73.]

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*Lennon, Cynthia] | title=John| publisher= year=2006 | id=ISBN 0-340-89828-3
*Miles, Barry | title=Many Years From Now | publisher=Vintage-Random House | year=1998 | id=ISBN 0-7493-8658-4