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EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955). Autograph letter signed ('Albert') to his first wife, Mileva, Le Coq, [Belgium], 25 June 1933, 1½ pages, 4to.
LOSING EVERYTHING TO THE NAZIS. Mileva is in a difficult financial situation with her house, and Einstein promises to help, although he is surrounded by the wreckage of the Nazi takeover of power in Germany: 'all those around me have lost their jobs and possessions, including Elsa's two daughters and their husbands. I myself have lost almost all my reserves and own much less than you do', although he admits that his situation is 'less complicated'. He asks Mileva therefore to make a clean breast of the situation with the house, suggesting that her situation will improve if inflation sets in in Switzerland as this will alleviate her mortgage payments; he recommends a young lawyer to advise Mileva and promises 'as long as I am able to help you, you will not be reduced to rags'. The letter ends with enquiries after Eduard, suggesting that he work on 'a lengthy written exposition to try to prove to me the rightness of Freud's hypotheses'.
LOSING EVERYTHING TO THE NAZIS. Mileva is in a difficult financial situation with her house, and Einstein promises to help, although he is surrounded by the wreckage of the Nazi takeover of power in Germany: 'all those around me have lost their jobs and possessions, including Elsa's two daughters and their husbands. I myself have lost almost all my reserves and own much less than you do', although he admits that his situation is 'less complicated'. He asks Mileva therefore to make a clean breast of the situation with the house, suggesting that her situation will improve if inflation sets in in Switzerland as this will alleviate her mortgage payments; he recommends a young lawyer to advise Mileva and promises 'as long as I am able to help you, you will not be reduced to rags'. The letter ends with enquiries after Eduard, suggesting that he work on 'a lengthy written exposition to try to prove to me the rightness of Freud's hypotheses'.
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