Auction Date:2010 Dec 08 @ 19:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Superb and historically important TLS signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.5 x 11, blind-stamped personal letterhead, Princeton, March 30, 1942. Letter to John Moore in Hollywood, California. In full: “During the twenties I advocated repeatedly refusal of military service. I am still of the opinion that to make war impossible is one of the most important goals of humanity. On the other hand I recognized that refusal of military service could not be endorsed any longer since in certain countries the resistance of the compulsory military service became impossible. As long as these conditions prevail everyone has the duty to do his best to protect the rest of the world by doing his share of the fighting. The fight for the pacifist goal is more needed than ever in our time. The only means to reach this goal is, in my opinion, international organization for the enforcement of military security for the whole world.” Intersecting folds, one through a single letter of signature, three staple holes to each vertical edges, a few spots of light foxing, a couple edge dings, and two thin black lines along top edge, otherwise fine condition.
Adolf Hitler and his Nazis were at their peak and the world was at war as Einstein penned this 1942 message. Repulsed by the idea of mandatory military conscription, Einstein left Germany as a 16-year-old boy, and his return in 1914 solidified his pacifistic views as he witnessed German militarism of World War I. Amidst the atrocities of Nazi Germany, he concedes here that the “everyone has the duty to do his best to protect the rest of the world by doing his share of the fighting. The fight for the pacifist goal is more needed than ever in our time.” Reflecting his support of the eventual creation of the United Nations, Einstein also endorses an “international organization for the enforcement of military security for the whole world.” Only a decade earlier, Einstein had been arguing against war—yet now concluded war was the only option.
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