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b »” cluded » * Od Me he cana ne a a he ER aE ENS ola Sen i A ne cae Director RE: MARLENE DIETRICH; OFFER OF SERVICES. DIETRICH translated the letter as follows; rt “Dear Marlene: & vee RTT ct yt: en ©: wena TR a rere nt rarcne a SW Em Lr cae ace Pengabeetin dine te, Sa ein, February 9, po i 4 2 f , 4 4 Dated December 6, 1943 * a * "I would like to write a few lines to you again because it is not clear to me if you received my first letter. I have waited until " now for an answer, When you get this letter, please write to me and answer, I would have so much to communicate to you. I cannot write much from here because I am in a camp. Therefore, I will finish the ye coneing Hope to have an answer from you soon. Best regards from your Y ousin ie . ’ DIETRICH said the thing that disturbed her was his statement that he had so much to communicate to her. Also she observed that he addressed her as "Dear Marlene," using the German word which is not used unless one knows another rather well, A casual fan would have addressed her with a more formal word, With reference to her ow family, still in Europe, DIETRICH advised that her father, LUDWIG DIETRICH, is dead. DIETRICH was pretty sure in her own mind that she had no cousin, but on reflection and discussing jhe matter with her husband, recalled that her father had a brother, one MAX He was the commander of the German zeppelin which was shot down during the first World War. Thies incident was portrayed in HOWARD HAWKES? movie which introduced JEAN HARLOW, and included the story of this zeppelin flying over England and being destroyed. DIETRICH said this picture was made in about 1930 and the individual who played the part of MAX DIETRICH was so . made up that he looked exactly like her uncle. why, if] ' Pelationship in his letter, TRICH. r England All aboard that ship were killed, DIETRICH went on to say that her uncle had two children, a boy and a girl, and | that it was entirely possible that the son had a family which could have in- the writer of the letter in question. she had never known him or had any contact with him, s the grandson of MAX DIETRICH, d did not mention the However, she said She could not understand She continued that her mother, SOSEPHTNEXTON CH, as far as she ord knows is still living in Berlin, DIETRICH'S last here in November, 1913, through the Red Cross. in May of 1943. She aleo has a sister, one aw = nee ees oe x w 2 : i Feet ES DR ta Ab 8 baa a ae ir tet ca ad SO TET RAE AS a Sr ai naman GS oR EN OPERATED om her was received It had been sent out of Germany who, as far as she an an * 1 PRM Me ooteewrzeniad ¢