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Description of original facsimile: One-page, one-sided handwritten letter in black ink; appears to have been folded into fourths.

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  • Photographed by Pamela L. Caughie
  • Images prepared by Matthew Gallagher
  • Transcription completed by Kristin Jacobsen
  • Translation completed by Kristin Jacobsen, Maiken Boysen
  • Translation reviewed by Marianne Ølholm
  • Encoding completed by Tyler Monaghan
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  • XML transformed into HTML on 08/02/2020 by Greer Martin
  • HTML proofing completed by Kristin Jacobsen, Darcy Brady, Emily Datskou

Transcription

[Facsimile Image]

7 August 1931

(01) Kære VenindeMarie Garland (1889-1967), Danish actress; married to Ernst Harthern

(02) Tusind Tak for Brevet!

(03) Jeg talte imorges med ProfessorenProfessor Werner Kreutz (fictional), modelled on Kurt Warnekros (1882–1949), a German gynecologist om Bogen.

(04) Han synes, det er udmærket altsammen – og har kun nogle rent videnskabelige Indvendinger, over for hvad jeg -@Translator: KEJ har misforstaaet.

(05) Snarest muligt giver han Besked derom. Men han er ikke slem til at skrive Breve – gør det næsten aldrig – og han har saa travelt i disse Dage, fordi han i Begyndelsen af næste Uge tager Ferie.

(06) Tænk, jeg har endnu ikke faaet Lov til at komme op. Men nu kan det ikke være længe, inden jeg atter er paa Benene.

(07) Tusind hjærtelige Hilsner til

(08) Dem og Deres MandErnst Ludwig Harthern (née Jacobson) (1884–1969), German writer and editor of Man into Woman under the pseudonym, Niels Hoyer; Lili’s German friend in the narrative

(09) Deres

Lili ElvenesLili Elbe (fictional and historical), legal name Lili Ilse Elvenes; born Einar Wegener (1882), died in Dresden, 1931

Translation

7 August 1931

(01) Dear FriendMarie Garland (1889-1967), Danish actress; married to Ernst Harthern

(02) A thousand thanks for the letter!

(03) I spoke this morning with the ProfessorProfessor Werner Kreutz (fictional), modelled on Kurt Warnekros (1882–1949), a German gynecologist about the book.

(04) He thinks everything is very good – and only has some purely scientific objections about what I have misunderstood.

(05) As soon as possible he will let me know about it. But he is not the best at writing letters – he almost never does it – and he is so busy these days because he is taking vacation at the beginning of next week.

(06) Can you believe, I have not yet gotten permission to get up. But it cannot be long before I am on my feet again.

(07) A thousand hearty greetings to

(08) You and Your HusbandErnst Ludwig Harthern (née Jacobson) (1884–1969), German writer and editor of Man into Woman under the pseudonym, Niels Hoyer; Lili’s German friend in the narrative

(09) Your

Lili ElvenesLili Elbe (fictional and historical), legal name Lili Ilse Elvenes; born Einar Wegener (1882), died in Dresden, 1931