| 1770-1952 |
 Founding and flourishing of
Mulack-Ritze
Cabaret in Berlin. |
| 1877 |
 Thomas Alva Edison invents the phonograph.
Emile Berliner invents the gramophone. |
| 1911 |
Magnus Hirschfeld publishes "Die Transvestiten." |
| 1920 |
 Adolf Hitler organizes National Socialist
German Worker's Party (NAZI). |
| Mar 18, 1928 |
Lothar Berfelde (later Charlotte von Mahlsdorf)
is born. |
| Jan 1933 |
Adolf Hitler appointed Chancellor. Article
48 of
Weimar Constitution denies civil liberties in time of national
emergency. Federal police agencies, SA (Storm Troops) and SS (Special Security),
are created. |
| 1933-45 |
Gays deported to concentration camps. |
| 1934 |
Lothar begins collecting phonograph records
and clocks. |
| 1935 |
The Nazi Party passes the
Nuremberg Laws,
persecuting the German Jews.
The lover of Lothar's Tante Luise is murdered
in Nazi's euthanasia program. |
| 1937 |
 Participation in
Hitler Youth becomes
mandatory. |
| Nov 9, 1938 |
 Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass),
Nazis burn synagogues and homes of Jews. |
| 1939 |
World War II begins. |
| 1942 |
Lothar and family evacuate Berlin and
move to Bischofsburg. He receives Grunderzeit furnishings from
Tante Luise. |
| 1943 |
Lothar's father, Max Berfelde, dies. |
| Apr 26, 1945 |
 Liberation of Berlin by Allied Forces. |
| 1945-49 |
Resurgence of gay life in Berlin. |
| 1949 |
Founding of
German Democratic Republic. |
| 1952-63 |
Communists close gay and lesbian bars,
including the Mulack-Ritze. |
| 1959 |
Lothar takes possession of Hultschiner
Damm 333 and begins restoration. |
| 1960 |
 Gründerzeit Museum (formerly Hultschiner
Damm 333) opens. |
| 1961 |
Berlin Wall, symbol of the Cold War, erected. |
| 1963 |
 Mulack-Ritze Cabaret is resurrected in
the basement of the Gründerzeit Museum. |
| 1971 |
Lothar permanently assumes the identity
of "Charlotte von Mahlsdorf ." |
| 1989 |
Berlin Wall falls. |
| 1990 |
East and West Germany unite. Charlotte
receives the country's Federal Service Cross for her restoration efforts. |
| 1991 |
 Charlotte
moves to Sweden |
| 30 Apr, 2002 |
Charlotte passes away in Berlin. |
| 5 Dec, 2003 |
 I
Am My Own Wife by Doug Wright, starring
Jefferson Mays opens on Broadway to stellar
reviews. |
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