similarity symmetric block-tridiagonal matrix

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I am solving a problem, in the middle of which I reached the following symmetric block-tridiagonal matrix.

\begin{bmatrix}‎ 0 & B & &0 \\‎ B^T & 0‎ & ‎\ddots‎ \\‎ ‎&‎\ddots‎& ‎\ddots‎&B \\‎ 0 ‎& & B^T & 0 ‎\end{bmatrix}‎ Where $B$ is an invertible square matrix and size $0$ is equal to size $B$(matrix B is not necessarily normal). Can I make this matrix similar to the following tridiagonal block matrix as shown below?

\begin{bmatrix}‎ 0 & C & &0 \\‎ C & 0‎ & ‎\ddots‎ \\‎ ‎&‎\ddots‎& ‎\ddots‎&C \\‎ 0 ‎& & C & 0 ‎\end{bmatrix}

in which size $C$ and $0$ equals $B$.