Typed Letter, signed ("A. Einstein"), dated 31 October 1938, discussing an affidavit signed

Einstein, Albert

Published by Princeton, New Jersey, 1938

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7 lines typed in German, on letterhead of the Institute for Advanced Study, School of Mathematics (watermarked Chieftain Bond), signed in ink. 4to (9-7/8 x 7-1/8 inches). Im Jahre 1837 habe ich ein Affidavit für meine Verwandte, Fräulein Ursula Einstein, ausgestellt. Ich erkläre hiermit, dass ich dieses Affidavit aufrechterhalte und bereit bin, di notwendigen Unterlagen neu zi liefern, wenn es gewünscht wird. den 31. Oktober 1938 [signed] Professor Albert Einstein. ("In the year 1937, I signed an affidavit on behalf of my relative, Miss Urusula Einstein. I hereby state that I continue to certify this affidavit is correct, and am ready to submit the necessary documents anew, if this is requested.") Albert Einstein (1879-1955), German-born physicist renowned for developing the theory of relativity in papers published in 1905 and 1916, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921, and left Germany in 1933. He was associated with the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton. This statement was almost certainly prepared in connection with efforts to assist his relative in emigrating. In a letter to his sister Maja Winteler-Einstein (then resident in Switzerland), dated December 1938, Einstein wrote "I am now working as some sort of itinerant relief committee and buckets of letters are coming in … I am helping the Ulm relatives with emigrating". Ursula Einstein (born 1916) was able to get out; in 1940 she was a refugee in Port-au-Prince and later reached Brazil. Her younger sister Barbara was not so fortunate. Barbara Einstein (born 1918) took her own life in March 1943 after her fiancé Harry Jacob was taken off to the concentration camps. A choice Einstein autograph. 7 lines typed in German, on letterhead of the Institute for Advanced Study, School of Mathematics (watermarked Chieftain Bond), signed in ink. 4to (9-7/8 x 7-1/8 inches).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Typed Letter, signed ("A. Einstein"), dated 31 October 1938, discussing an affidavit signed
• Publisher: Princeton, New Jersey
• Publication Date: 1938
• Condition: Old folds. Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
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  • Science, Medicine & Natural History