Willi Pape

21 September 1909, staff of a Hamburg hotel found unconscious "Selma" in her room with slit wrists, and after discovery of the patient's true identity, the story was widely published in newspapers.

[6] Pape became a famous cabaret artist and variety-show dancer, initially performing under the name "Sura VooDoo",[7] later shortened to "Voo-Doo"/"Voo Doo" while wearing orientalized versions of female belly-dancing attire in acts such as "Opium Death" and "Elagabalus.

In 1927, the German lesbian magazine Die Freundin published photographs of Pape captioned: "The Transvestite Voo-Doo, One of the Most Prominent International Dance-stars.

In September 1928 the couple of Pape and Emil Schmidt opened a bar "Zum Kleinem Löwen" on Berlin's Skalitzer St. 7, often just called "Voo-Doo" by the patrons.

[11] In the llustrated Guide to 'Depraved' Berlin (1931), Curt Moreck (a pseudonym of German author Konrad Haemmerling [de]) described "Voo-Doo" as a good nightlife spot for "befriended couples" looking for an "exotic night.

The soldier, inconvenienced, asked a Gestapo officer for help, which led to Pape's arrest and sentencing under §185 (insult) to a fine of 200 Marks on September 6, 1937.