Waldemar Böhmel - English

Waldemar Böhmel was born in Meißen on February 7, 1897. Little is known about his early years, his family background, or any potential success as a painter. He moved to Magdeburg, possibly because of his wife Therese Böhmel, née Bützner, with whom he lived at Schoppenstraße 1a in Magdeburg. The marriage remained childless and later ended in divorce. 

Böhmel was sentenced to three weeks in prison for fraud on April 9, 1934. After his release, he temporarily lived with his wife at Himmelreich 14. In 1936, he was again taken into protective custody, this time for pandering. During the Nazi era, individuals were convicted of pandering if they were found hanging out in places where homosexual men gathered. Böhmel likely served a short prison sentence in Coswig. 

After his divorce, he moved to Otto-von-Guericke-Straße 46. In August 1940, Böhmel was once again taken into custody, this time for violating Section 175 of the German Criminal Code. He was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months of hard labor for "continual debauchery with a man". Although his sentence was due to end in August 1943, he was not released. Waldemar Böhmel died while in prison on May 27, 1944; the exact cause of death is unknown.