Hi, native German speaker here. Quite a few things in your letter do not make any sense whatsoever, I suspect that is due to the transcription from the handwrit

Hi, native German speaker here. Quite a few things in your letter do not make any sense whatsoever, I suspect that is due to the transcription from the handwriting. I don't think dialects have much to do with it. E.g. I don't think "ankem" is dialect, I think that is just a transcription error. "a" and "e" can look very similar in handwriting. German hasn't changed that much since the 1940s, however, there are dialects from the East (Prussia, Pomerania, Silesia) that are dead today. But as far as I know, they were not that different from today's High German. Here is what I can guess from your original text. I'll expand the abbreviations I understand and correct the spelling. The translation is rather free, I'm trying to catch the sentiment so that the text makes sense to you. --- Meine lieben Kinder! Sveben (?, if that's a name I have never heard it) brachte Fräulein Moldelen die Karte von Herrn Thomas mit der schönen Nachricht, dass R. doch endlich gut in Br. ankam. Was bin ich froh darüber! Und nun hoffe ich doch sehr, dass Rosi Samstag Mittag in R. ankam, sich schrubben und ausschlafen konnte. Dickes, hast Du Dir nichts geholt bei der ... (no idea here)? Mittwoch ging ich nach Tisch zur Stadt, besorgte einiges und wollte im Hansabad in der Wilhelmstraße baden. Musste aber 2 1/2 Stunden warten, dann war es aber sehr schön. Ich machte dann das Abendessen und erst um 8 Uhr ging ich rauf ins Zimmer zum Tisch decken, da find ich den Zettel von Fräulein B. mit Fräulein Moldelens Grüßen von Dir! Meinen Schrecken könnt ihr euch denken. My dear children! Sveben brought Ms. Moldelen the postcard from Mr. Thomas with the happy news that R. has arrived well in Br. after all. Imagine my relief! And now I'm hoping very much that Rosi has arrived Saturday noon in R., and that she was able to clean herself and have a good sleep. Sweety, didn't you get anything from ...? Wednesday I went into town after the meal, made some errands and wanted to take a swim in the Hansabad at Wilhelmstraße. Had to wait for 2.5 hours, but then I had a great time. I then made dinner, and only at 8 o'clock I went upstairs in the room to set the table, that was when I found the note from Miss B. with Ms. Moldelen's greetings from you. You can imagine my shock! --- Admittedly the last sentence does not make too much sense. Perhaps I guessed wrong from your transcription, hard to say.