We had the reporter, Martin Knopf, Doris Wingender, Anna, and who else was present? If this account is also believed to have been falsified, what did Anna’s supports claim actually happened? I am curious to know both sides.
I am going to answer my own question and provide additional information: apart from Martin Knopf, Doris Wingender, the reporter, and Anna, there was also an English governess present, Faith Lavington. Interesting, Ms. Lavington found Anna's reaction to Doris Wingender to be one of suspicion and perhaps slight disgust, as a proper English lady would when a stranger is treated poorly. She wrote in her diary that, "One would hardly treat a
soi-distant unknown person in such a fashion. Anastasia did not even seem to trouble about the two men, she concentrated entirely on the woman" (
A Romanov Fantasy, Frances Welch, p. 133-34).
What is of interest here is that Ms. Lavington appeared to be a supporter of Anna, and yet she herself had doubts she expressed in private. Moreover, her mention that Anna focused her attention on Ms. Wingender is also strange (to say the least!). If one of the family members had tipped Anna off that someone was coming to "discredit her", then it is stranger still as to why her focus was on only one person instead of all three. It should also be mentioned that after Mr. Knopf produced the now-infamous photo of Franziska, one of the Duke's daughters told Ms. Lavington that "her heart had sunk because the likeness was unmistakable," even as she accused the detective of faking the photograph.
After Anna's initial meeting with Felix Schanzkowski, the Leuchtenbergs told Ms. Lavington that Felix and Anna "were uncannily alike, sharing the same height, colouring, and features, particularly, apparently their mouths" (p. 136). I agree that Felix and Anna both had full lips; I admit surprise about sharing the same height. If Anna was to be 5'2" tall, then Felix must have been a very short man, or else he was a couple of inches taller, which means Anna was, too (which would fit in with the height of Franziska). On the other hand, knowing full well how subjective height can appear to the eye, it is probably too skewed a topic to broach anyway.
A sharper image of Felix Schanzkowski:
