Anna Anderson: The Woman Who Claimed to Be Anastasia

In 1920 a nameless woman was pulled from a Berlin canal and later became the most famous claimant to be Grand Duchess Anastasia, a supposed surviving member of the Russian imperial family.This episode traces how grieving Russian exiles projected royalty onto her, the decades-long lawsuit over her identity, her eccentric later life, and the DNA testing that finally revealed the truth.The asylum origin of the royal rumor from patient Clara PeuthertHer real identity as Polish factory worker Franziska SchanzkowskaThe Grandanor Corporation selling shares in a phantom fortuneThe longest-running lawsuit in German history ending in stalemate1990s DNA testing proving no link to the Romanov family