In June 1931, when Dora Richter/Dörchen R. was about 40 years old, her penis was amputated by the Institute physician Dr. Levy-Lenz, and then an artificial vagina was surgically grafted by the Berlin surgeon Prof. Dr. Gohrbandt [REF].
Elbe became the second transgender woman to undergo Gohrbandt's vaginoplasty technique in 1931.