Talk:Lili Elbe
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It really is a mistake that Magnus Hirschfeld did carry out the first sex operation on Elbe. The name of the surgeon was Dr. Warnekros (from Dresden). Hirschfeld appears to have been involved in the psychological preliminaries of the operation, but he was a medical doctor, not a surgeon. Niels Hoyer's book about Elbe should be used with caution as a source for her life. Soczyczi 02:16, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
I entirely agree on both counts. Hirschfield supervised the first surgery and I believe he wasn't in Berlin long after this event anyway? I also agree that Niels Hoyer's book 'romantisised' the facts and created a lot of inacuracies. Fluffball70 09:19, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
