Contact point in Cheb

• Crisis intervention
• Short-term protection and accommodation options
• Help with leaving prostitution
• Support in cases of violence and sexual abuse
• Specific sex education and creative activities for children and young people
• Support and accompaniment when reporting crimes and attending court hearings
• Referrals and accompaniment to doctors, authorities, lawyers, psychologists
• Free distribution of clothing, hygiene items, and food
• The opportunity to shower and wash clothes
• The opportunity to eat and rest

A rainy day in June.
A few days ago, you turned 44.
And now your life is already over.
Why were you so stupid?
Why did you do it?
Was it your past?
Was the future supposed to be better?
What did you hope to gain from it?
Didn't you notice that everything just got much worse?

Why?
You knew.
Once heroin, always heroin.
You also knew that selling your body for money
just to be better than everyone else was pointless.
You weren't better.
But you realized this too late.
No tears, no grief.
We all knew it would come to this.
You destroyed yourself and the others stood by and watched.

In 1983, Marita P. was one of the first women in Germany to become infected with the deadly HI virus. She was a prostitute, became addicted to drugs, and eventually contracted AIDS. In 1995, she published her book “AIDS saved my life - My years between high-class prostitution and the drug scene” with Christof Links Verlag.

Cathrin Schauer was her friend, cared for her in the final stages of her illness, and accompanied her until her death. On June 18, 1997, Marita P. died in her arms in a hospital in northern Germany. In memory and as a sign of friendship between the two women, the contact and drop-in center was given this name.