Einstein Autograph (1 results)

No Binding. Condition: Fine. EINSTEIN ON A UNIFIED EUROPE EINSTEIN, ALBERT. 1879-1955. Typed Statement Signed ("A. Einstein") in German asserting the inevitability of a united Europe written in response to a survey on a united Europe of Maurice d'Hartoy of leading intellectuals, 95 x 170 mm, pasted to a larger sheet, headed in manuscript "Le Professeur Einstein (Allemagne)," with manuscript french translation beneath, WITH: top portion of original printed enquiry from D'Hartoy, annotated "Herr Dr. Einstein. Professor. Berlin," trimmed. WITH: 13 other signed responses from leading intellectuals of the 1920s, in various formats. EINSTEIN ASSERTS THE IMPORTANCE OF A UNITED STATES OF EUROPE. Written in response to Maurice d'Hartoy's query of leading European intellectuals in September 1924, "Les États-Unis d'Europe sont-ils réalisables?" Einstein responds, "Ob die vereinigten Staaten Europas realisierbar seien, darüber braucht man sich den Kopf nicht zu zerbrechen: sie müssen realisiert werden, wenn Europa seine Be- deutung und seinen Menschenreichtum einigermassen aufrecht erhalten will [There is no point wondering whether a United States of Europe is feasible. It must become a reality if the significance and the human resources of Europe are to survive to any appreciable extent.]" Einstein had recently accepted an appointment to the Committee on Intellectual Co-operation of the League of Nations, the objective of which he noted in an August 29, 1924, report for the newspaper Frankfurter Zeitung was to encourage "co-operation between the intellectual and scientific communities of various countries in the hope that national cultures, heretofore separated by language and tradition, may thereby be brought into closer communication." Following on the heels of the first World War, and amidst further tension between France and Germany, the Committee had given Einstein reason for hope, and his response to d'Hartoy's inquiry reflects this view. See Nathan & Norden, Einstein on Peace, New York (1960), p 90; Einstein, Collected Papers: Volume 14: The Berlin Years: Writings & Correspondence, April 1923-May 1925, p 504. The inquiry on Les États-Unis d Europe sont-ils réalisables? came from Maurice d Hartoy of Paris, initiator of a number of surveys under the title Les Grandes enquêtes françaises et internationals and was sent to the leading intellectuals of the day. 12 sheets of paper, with the question, Les États-Unis d Europe sont-ils réalisables , with the answers, mostly in manuscript. Among others, Emmanuel Bourcier (handwritten response), Jacques Bainville * (signed handwritten response cut out in its entirety and pasted on paper, Henri Barbusse (Typography corrected by hand and signed; 2pp), Hartoy (signed handwritten response accompanied by a signed handwritten note of Hanotaux), Albert Lebrun (handwritten signed response cut out and pasted on paper). Einstein was acquainted with most of them. It is very rare to find Einstein material with utterances on international matters. Literature. Einstein on Peace. San Francisco : Arcole Publishing, 2017: 102-106.