细节
EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955). Autograph letter signed ('Albert') to his first wife, Mileva, Le Coq[-sur-Mer, Belgium], 19 July 1933, 1½ pages, 4to (two small punctures, short tear at centre fold, one short pencil marking in margin).
MONEY DIFFICULTIES AFTER THE NAZI TAKEOVER. Paul Dukas has told Einstein of Mileva's difficult position: 'Do not worry. I will, in spite of my own precarious situation, help you out of this -- this time at least'. He suggests that a property sale may help her come to terms with the banks. 'You know that the Germans have taken away my money in Germany. The Swiss authorities have indeed intervened, but so lamely and weakly that there was no chance of success. My American income has been devalued by the dollar crash and the whole family has been reduced to beggary'; he should however have enough for Mileva's requirements in this case. He is happy to hear that there will be an attempt to take Eduard out of the [Burghölzli] asylum [where he had been placed after his breakdown]. A postscript urges Mileva to write quickly: 'Man weiss nicht, was nachkommt!'.
Einstein had, fortunately, been in the USA at the Nazi seizure of power; he returned to Europe in the summer of 1933, spending several months at Le Coq whilst considering his next move. It was at this period that he discovered the Nazis had put a price of $5,000 on his head, and the Belgian government was obliged to assign two bodyguards to his protection.
MONEY DIFFICULTIES AFTER THE NAZI TAKEOVER. Paul Dukas has told Einstein of Mileva's difficult position: 'Do not worry. I will, in spite of my own precarious situation, help you out of this -- this time at least'. He suggests that a property sale may help her come to terms with the banks. 'You know that the Germans have taken away my money in Germany. The Swiss authorities have indeed intervened, but so lamely and weakly that there was no chance of success. My American income has been devalued by the dollar crash and the whole family has been reduced to beggary'; he should however have enough for Mileva's requirements in this case. He is happy to hear that there will be an attempt to take Eduard out of the [Burghölzli] asylum [where he had been placed after his breakdown]. A postscript urges Mileva to write quickly: 'Man weiss nicht, was nachkommt!'.
Einstein had, fortunately, been in the USA at the Nazi seizure of power; he returned to Europe in the summer of 1933, spending several months at Le Coq whilst considering his next move. It was at this period that he discovered the Nazis had put a price of $5,000 on his head, and the Belgian government was obliged to assign two bodyguards to his protection.
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