Bruno's (German company)

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Bruno's GmBH

Trade name	Brunos
Headquarters	Berlin , Germany
Number of locations	4
Website	shop.brunos.de

Bruno's GmbH is a German retailer of products targeted toward gay men; it was originally founded in 1981 as Bruno Gmünder Verlag, a book publishing house. Bruno Gmünder Verlag was dissolved in 2017, with the retail division becoming Bruno's^[1] and the publishing division sold to the publishing company Salzgeber & Co Medien GmbH in September 2018.^[2]

History[]

Final logo as Bruno Gmünder Verlag

Bruno Gmünder Verlag was founded in Berlin in 1981 by Bruno Gmünder and Christian von Maltzahn. The publishing house was best known for Männer, a gay male lifestyle magazine, and the Spartacus International Gay Guide, the best-selling travel guidebook for gay men in the world. Bruno Gmünder had purchased the latter in 1986 following financial difficulties with the former owner John D. Stamford,^[3] as well as increasing evidence that the Guide was being used by paedophiles to abuse children in developing countries.^[4][5] Under Bruno Gmünder the Guide significantly reduced the pro-paedophilia content, though various aspects remained during the period 1987–1994.^{[6][non-primary source needed]}

The company declared bankruptcy in 2014, but was purchased by private investor Frank Zahn.^{[citation needed]} When Zahn died unexpectedly in February 2017 the company again declared bankruptcy.^[7] The retail division and four retail outlets became Bruno's GmbH,^[1] while the publishing arm was acquired by Salzgeber in 2018 and merged into .^[2]

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