Interview: Nora Eckert, a transgender life from Chez Romy Haag to Parsifal

With the publication of her memoir, Wie Alle, Nur Anders, in 2021, Nora Eckert brought some Berlin extravagance to Germany’s comparatively conservative society. She arrived in Berlin in 1973 to work at Chez Romy Haag, Europe’s most famous transvestite night club at that time, and has gone on to become a well known opera critic. Through the years she has observed, studied and commented on her life and the life of the city around her as she transitioned from one gender to the other in the unique city of Berlin. She has collected those thoughts in this provocative and fascinating book. The book is, for now, only available in German. There is a Spanish translation planned. Will an English translation follow?