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The Dietrich family and the as an actress still incomplete and in comparison to her Hollywood films not typical Marlene Dietrich can be seen in a documentation of the years in Berlin: the birth certificate with the correct date of birth, family pictures and her school booklets, which reveal how Marlene put her world famous christian name together from her baptismal names Maria Magdalene.

For her family she always remains Lena – even after she became known for the entire world as the famous Marlene. Like many upper class daughters Marlene took ballet lessons, learned to play the violin, idolized filmstars in her diary and met secretly with young men of her age.