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Author: Charlotte Von MahlsdorfPublisher: Cleis Pr
ISBN-10: 1573440108Subject: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN-13: 9781573440103Topic: --
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Publication Year: 1995Condition: Acceptable
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This is the memoir of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, who was born Lothar Berfelde in Mahlsdorf near Berlin in 1928. His mother was gentle, his father abusive. He grew up lonely, collecting antique junk and wearing his mother's old dresses, for which his father beat him. In 1944, Lothar killed his father and, while sentenced to four years in juvenile detention, was released after one year. After returning home, he began wearing women's clothes regularly, collecting antiques from the late 19th century, and eventually opened a museum.

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Hailed by Der Spiegel as speaking to "the fate of a whole generation of German homosexuals", I Am My Own Woman is the exquisitely written autobiography of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, whose lifelong pursuits of sexual liberty and antique furniture offer a unique perspective on European history. During World War II, von Mahlsdorf murdered his father, dubbed himself Charlotte (after his cross-dressing lesbian aunt's lover) and has lived openly as a transvestite since. Dressed in high-heeled sandals and a good suit, Charlotte has collected furnishings from the Grunderzeit for half a century: in the Third Reich, she "rescued" pieces from Jewish deportees; in the German Democratic Republic, she protected "bourgeois cultural assets" from the Stasi. Now well past sixty, a quietly passionate, steadfast and serene figure, Charlotte shuns makeup, wearing the simplest frocks. The Grunderzeit Museum - which Charlotte and her friends have defended against assault from skinheads - has become a symbol for the German lesbian and gay community.
The narrative of Germany's most celebrated transvestite, who came out during the terror of the Third Reich.

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"Move over Quentin Crisp: A naked civil servant is nothing compared with the German boy in a dress...."
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"As a child, Lothar Berfelde loved to wear an apron and polish porcelain. Given his druthers, he would have chosen to live quietly in the 19th century, perhaps has a housekeeper in a well-appointed home near Berlin. Instead, his life took a bumpier course...."
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I Am My Own Woman: The Outlaw Life of Charlotte Von Mahlsdorf, Berlin's Most Distinguished Transvestite

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ISBN: 1573440108
Publication Date: 1995-09
Publisher: Cleis Press
Pages: 224
Height: 0.5200 inches
Width: 5.5300 inches
Weight: 0.6000 pounds

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