2006 Uta Felgner had become something of a media personality in her own right. In 2008 she appeared as the eponymous protagonist in a three part television series entitled "Retten Sie unser Hotel! – Ein Fall für Hotel-Expertin Uta Felgner" ("Save our hotel! - A case for Hotel Expert Uta Felgner"). In 2007 Felgner moved on, appointed by the entrepreneur Eugen Block to manage the five star 511 room "Grand Elysée Hotel" in Hamburg-Rotherbaum. In Hamburg she endeared herself to many in the city's moderate political mainstream by making public her reaction when the right wing German People's Union ("Deutsche Volksunion" / DVU) tried to book a conference. She wrote: "We should point out that if our hotel finds itself forced to hold this event, we will pass on all receipts from the function, which we have rejected, to the Hamburg Institute for Jewish Life. At least in this way we can back our political convictions, rejecting any right-wing extremism, and fulfill our moral obligations towards our Jewish fellow citizens". After Felgner's links with the Stasi became into the public knowledge in November 2009, questions inevitably arose over the checks made by the Berlin Castle Hotel ("Schlosshotel") back in 2003 before they had employed her to manage the hotel. However, Michael Theim, former Dorint chairman, and speaking on behalf of the consortium that had owned the hotel at the time, simply invited his interlocutor to understand that he did not wish to discuss the matter. Eugen Block, who had recruited her to manage the Grand Elysée Hotel in Hamburg, was less reticent, accepting that he had made a mistake. He had been too willing to take Felgner at her word at the time when they had agreed her contract. As an example, she had concealed her five divorces from him. By the end of November 2009 Uta Felgner was being described as the former boss at the Grand Elysée hotel. She was subsequently reported to be living in Switzerland with an entrepreneur. See also References People from Weißenfels People of the Stasi East German women Hotel executives German hoteliers 1951 births Living people