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Charlotte is a transgender German woman who survived both the Nazi and Communist regimes. She has become famous for her museum housing a massive collection of artifacts from German emperor Wilhlem II as well as various periods in German history. Charlotte is eccentric and charming, and her survival as a transgender woman has inspired the awe of many. But it has come to light that she cooperated with the Stasi, the secret police of Communist East Germany, and may have given up her friend, fellow
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Start: Ziggy Fluss: Good evening, Deutschland, and welcome to the Ziggy Fluss show. I’m Ziggy Fluss. Among tonight’s special guests…the tiny Grossmutter with the great big secret…Germany’s most controversial transvestite….Berlin’s own Trannie Granny, Charlotte von Mahlsdorf! Good evening, Charlotte! Charlotte: Guten abend. Ziggy Fluss: You’re used to the red-hot glare of studio lights, aren’t you Charlotte? You’ve been on the news, you’ve done the talk-show circuit.
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End: Ziggy Fluss: Fantastisch, Charlotte, wirklich Fantastisch. You’ll come back and visit us again, won’t you? Charlotte: Danke schon. Ziggy Fluss: We’ll be back after a short break, with American singing sensation David Hasselhoff.
Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004, pp. 68-72.
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