EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955). Typed letter signed (“A. Einstein”) to Paul Epstein, Princeton, 2 March 1939. In German. One page, 256 x 205mm on Institute for Advanced Study letterhead. Concerning the physicist Felix Ehrenhaft, detained by the Nazis. After the Anschluss of 1938 Ehrenhaft had been expelled from the University of Vienna along with other Jewish professors. Einstein’s slightly cool response to the plight of his fellow scientist – “I myself have provided so many affidavits lately that I shudder already for those current cases” – may have reflected his intense intellectual disagreements with Ehrenhaft. Einstein instead suggests that Ehrenhaft’s brother-in-law at the University of Iowa may be of assistance in promoting his case. Intellectual disputes notwithstanding, by 1938, Einstein had become overwhelmed with appeals for assistance in emigrating from Germany.
EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955). Typed letter signed (“A. Einstein”) to Paul Epstein, Princeton, 2 March 1939. In German. One page, 256 x 205mm on Institute for Advanced Study letterhead. Concerning the physicist Felix Ehrenhaft, detained by the Nazis. After the Anschluss of 1938 Ehrenhaft had been expelled from the University of Vienna along with other Jewish professors. Einstein’s slightly cool response to the plight of his fellow scientist – “I myself have provided so many affidavits lately that I shudder already for those current cases” – may have reflected his intense intellectual disagreements with Ehrenhaft. Einstein instead suggests that Ehrenhaft’s brother-in-law at the University of Iowa may be of assistance in promoting his case. Intellectual disputes notwithstanding, by 1938, Einstein had become overwhelmed with appeals for assistance in emigrating from Germany.
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