Looks like there was a movie made about this called "Berlin '36". And it seems the German's knew Ratjen was a women, as according to this article he had a separate bathroom. http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/zehn-wahrheiten-von-gretel-bergmann-ich-wollte-zeigen-dass-ein-juedisches-maedchen-die-deutschen-besiegen-kann-a-644842.html
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And looking at Ratjen's pic I don't see how he could even be thought of as a female.
Looks like there was a movie made about this called "Berlin '36". And it seems the German's knew Ratjen was a women, as according to this article he had a separate bathroom.
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And looking at Ratjen's pic I don't see how he could even be thought of as a female.