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Charlotte von Mahlsdorf

  • Lothar Berfelde
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Mahlsdorf, Charlotte von
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Date of birth
1928-03-18
Place of birth
Berlin
Date of death
2002-04-30
Place of death
Berlin

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Charlotte von Mahlsdorf (18 March 1928 – 30 April 2002) was a well-known transgender woman in East Germany and founded the Gründerzeit Museum in Berlin-Mahlsdorf. Later she became a LGBT-icon in Germany because of Rosa von Praunheim's biopic I Am My Own Woman (1992).

When a local mansion was due for demolition, von Mahlsdorf was allowed to live there, and its contents became the basis for her collection of everyday household items from the Gründerzeit period (c. 1870s). The museum became a popular meeting-point for East Berlin’s gay community, to the disapproval of the East German regime (Stasi).

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Charlotte von Mahlsdorf  was a transgender woman who founded the Gründerzeit Museum in Berlin-Mahlsdorf.

Last modified: 2020-09-23 (revision #26957)

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NameFormatISBNRelease Date
Ich bin meine eigene Frau: Ein LebenPaperback3-423-12061-41995-05
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Q68486

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