we8mswin1252

How can I convert data encoded in WE8MSWIN1252 to utf8 for use in Python scripts?

This data comes from an Oracle database and is extracted to flatfiles in encoding 'WE8MSWIN1252'. I want to parse the data and do some analysis. I want to see the text fields but do not need to publish the results to any other system so if some characters do not get converted perfectly I do not have a problem with that. I just do not w...