Einstein's 1922 Letter On Anti Semitism Sells At Auction

Source: Deutsche Welle

"Here are brewing economically and politically dark times," Einstein wrote to his sister in 1922, describing his fears for Jews in Germany before the Nazis took power. The letter fetched thousands at an Israeli auction.

A letter written by physicist Albert Einstein to his sister Maria sold at an action in Jerusalem on Tuesday, fetching $32,000 (28,300). In the 1922 letter, Einstein described the difficulties facing Jews in Germany as anti-Semitic sentiment was on the rise.

"Here are brewing economically and politically dark times, so I'm happy to be able to get away from everything," wrote the then 43-year-old after leaving Berlin for a location that goes unmentioned in the letter.

At the time, Einstein left the German capital after the assassination of Foreign Minister Walter Rathenau, who was a close friend and also Jewish. Police warned Einstein he could be next.

"What is special in this letter that Einstein really forecast -- he's seeing in advance, 10 years in advance -- what is going to be in Germany," said Meron Eren, co-founder of the Kedem Auction House in Jerusalem, which sold the letter. The artifact's buyer has not been identified. - MORE...



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"Don't worry about me, I myself don't worry either, even if it's not quite kosher, people are very upset. In Italy, it seems to be at least as bad," Einstein wrote. Einstein accepted the Nobel Prize in physics three months after penning the letter.







Walter Rathenau, (1867-1922) was a German Jewish statesman who served as German Foreign Minister during the Weimar Republic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walther_Rathenau