The truth is that inside the tavern Deutscher Club Palace there were all the evils for which God destroyed with fire and brimstone Sodoma and Gomorra. But also this place of perdition in Juarez City, chihuahuawas the most humane refuge in Mexico for the Germans stigmatized by the recently completed Second World War.
The start of the Deutscher Club Palast in Ciudad Juárez
It was 1951, the height of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, when the Mexican of German and French descent, Amparo Kluber LeRoy, opened the bar in question within the red zone of Juarez. His intentions to make that a exclusive club for germans was immediately seen by placing a black, white and gold striped flag at the entrance.
The first to enter that establishment were the German soldiers at the US base in Fort Bliss who crossed the border into Mexico to relax. Amparo, whom they called ‘the mom‘ for her warm treatment with them, she received them dressed in the uniform of the Teutonic country, pampering them, not with pouts like any other mother, but with drinks like the “Mama Special”, a grenadine milkshake, eggnog and beer.
‘La Mama’ got the Germans out of trouble in Juarez
Phrases in German painted on the walls and German posters on the beams soon prompted the clientele to nickname the Deutscher Club Palace What “the consulate”this for its function of representing and protecting the interests of Germans in a foreign country.
And boy, the nickname was not free, every time a new German soldier or civilian arrived at the tavern, ‘La Mama’ gave him his business card with a legend on the back that said: “All mexican police they are criminals, if you have problems call me”.
Amparo Kluber Le Roy came for her boys at the Public ministryto seedy cantinas or piqueras to get them out of trouble, then she herself would take them to the border so that they would return safely to USA. He also gave them tips on how much money to bring to avoid robbery, etc. “Mom got us out of all the trouble in Mexico,” the soldier would write Erhard Kowolik on January 15, 2004.
The fame of the Deutscher Club Palast reached Germany
In Germany the Deutscher Club Palast and also Amparo gained fame. Despite the danger of being in the red zone of Juarez City German personalities like Helmut Schmidtpolitician known for his fight against terrorism, and Foreign Minister Franz Joseph Strausswhose photographs were pinned to the beams of the premises.
With all of the above you can easily forget the dark side of the tavern. There is talk of consumption of illicit substances in addition to prostitution in the basement of the premises.
From a tavern to a Christian center
For unknown reasons, the party at the Deutscher Club Palast ended in 1992, while ‘La Mama’ passed away just five years later. The municipal police found her surrounded by dozens of cats and on top of a pile of garbage that she herself had accumulated. Currently the tavern serves as a center Christian to help people with problems addictions.
Joshua Huerta Traveler who, in addition to life experiences, is after the click.
