Title: Der heilige Skarabäus
First published: 1909
Description: A shattering exposé of prostitution in Vienna, published in 1908, it lifted the lid on the hypocrisy of polite Society and the miserable suffering inflicted on powerless women, who frequently were subject to severe abuse, venereal disease, near slavery and a drastically reduced life-span. Factual/investigative journalism.
Subjects: Prostiution, feminism, exploitation
Places: Vienna
People: Women
Time periods: 1908, the peak of the Austro-Hungarian Empire