a&o Hamburg Reeperbahn

Well.. Do you really feel comfortable? Yes, the building (a&o Hamburg Reeperbahn, formerly Hotel Stern, address Reeperbahn 152/154) actually has a connection to the Nazi era - it was not a direct concentration camp or large concentration camp, but it was used as a forced labour camp in 1940. The exact connection (based on historical sources): • The house was built in 1891 as a Logierhaus Concordia - a cheap lodging house for poor men (e.g. Sailors, travellers without a permanent residence). It had 235 small single rooms, shared toilets and was typical for the rough harbour and red light district of St. Pauli. • In the Nazi era (especially from the 1930s), the house was often used by the porters (caretakers) to denounce (advertise) guests. Many men (e.g. B. homosexuals, ***********, "asocials") were arrested there and imprisoned - this was unfortunately common in Hamburg's "Kiez". • From August 1940: There was a forced labour camp of Deutsche Werft AG (a large Hamburg shipyard). The company used the existing building as accommodation for forced labourers - prisoners of war (POWs), civilians deported from occupied countries and from 1944 also prisoners from concentration camps (concentration camp subcamps). The shipyard had several such camps (mainly in Finkenwerder and harbour area), and this one in the Reeperbahn was one of them. Exact numbers (how many people, conditions) are not well documented, but it was part of the huge system of forced labour in Hamburg (a total of 400,000–500,000 people affected). • A Stolperstein biography mentions e.g. B. that a French woman had to perform forced labour in 1944 as a kitchen assistant in the Reeperbahn 154 Foreign Home (during pregnancy) before she came to another camp. After the war it became a normal tourist home again, converted into an Eros Centre (a large *******) in 1964, later refugee accommodation (in the 80s very dilapidated), then from 1999 Hotel Stern and 2009 a&o. Well. We had a real good sleep anyway. The Bath Room is so warm and the elevator was real… you will see…. Danke ;)

Everything great, there was a drunk guy in my room tho but they relocated me to a different room when I complained and then everyone was great. No kitchen

DO NOT go to this rubbish hotel! Even if it's free, don't stay! The service and attitude are terrible. The room is smelly, dirty, and messy. It's even filthier than a beggar's house. No wonder it has such a low rating.!

The Google reviews are all faked, they allow you to rate them 5 stars just to get discounts

Place is decent all round, cleanliness was fine for my room, front desk was helpful in answering any questions. Location is a little skeptical as there are many activities in Reeperbahn itself at night which might not be very good for light sleepers. For the Price to Enjoyment ratio: 4/5

Nice location with affordable price.