I almost corrected this account because reports were that she was murdered in the sacking of the institute. TURNS OUT: That's wrong. Historians last year found the original baptismal register in her hometown that registered an official name change in 1946: www.rbb24.de/panorama/bei... SHE LIVED.
omg. retroactive good news <3
Oh, this is beautiful to know.
I'm so fucking happy I'm crying
I could cry. She escaped. She went on to live a quiet life in Allersberg, south of Nuremberg in southern Germany. She was known in town as the lady with a handbag that always had a pigeon in it! She lived to be an old lady carrying around a fucking pigeon. www.rbb24.de/panorama/bei...
Vor einem Jahr fragte rbb|24, was aus Dora Richter wurde – der ersten Person, die eine Geschlechtsangleichung erfuhr. Ihre Spur verlor sich im Berlin der dreißiger Jahre. Nun steht fest: Dora überlebt...
I'd always heard that she died--this was the kind of good news I needed today!! 🥲
I tend not to share unbased and um-researched information. This is part of a tour I give although my specialty is ancient times. And if by the phrase "this account" you meant me, just FYI that is a very insulting way to refer to someone.
An icon of trans endurance against astounding odds.