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Albert Einstein

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Albert Einstein

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Auction Date:2010 Oct 13 @ 18:00 (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
TLS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.5 x 11, blind-stamped personal letterhead, March 3, 1939. Letter to Solomon Goldman, president of the Zionist Organization of America. In full (translated): “In my telegram, I added the passage ‘IMMIGRATION ISSUE SOLVABLE ONLY BY COMPROMISE BETWEEN BOTH NATIONALITIES’ for the following reason: what we must fear, principally, is disenfranchising and plundering the people and classes who currently represent the construction efforts. This danger must be sought to be avoided first and foremost. That it is a serious one is beyond doubt. If the revision of this constitutional issue is burdened by inflexible constraints regarding immigration, then this threatens not only immigration, but also the entire current wealthy class. This is why with heavy heart I wrote the last passage. Personally, I do not think it wise to omit it. Of course I see the possibility that you have a clearer view of the situation, and I authorize you to omit the passage if you are prepared to take full responsibility. I have no objection to a dinner being held for my 60th birthday–provided that a practical end can be reached by it. However, I will not be able to appear in person, as I have had to abstain from appearing in other very similar cases and it would be ludicrous to make an exception on this of all occasions.” In fine condition, with intersecting mailing folds, a few edge dings, and a mild shade of overall toning. Written only six months before the start of World War II, Einstein’s references here pertain to a still-ongoing conflict between Arabs and Jews. In 1939, British authorities brought together Arab and Jewish delegations at what became known as the St. James Conference to work out a compromise between the two sides in Palestine. Facing the looming war with Germany, Britain was eager to quell Palestinian Arab and offered to cap immigration to assure Jews would always be a minority. Each delegation, however, faced their own internal differences, with the Arab representatives ultimately refusing to meet with Jewish party. Despite Einstein’s reference to his telegram that the immigration issue be solved only through compromise, not even he could devise a plan on which all sides could agree. In his continuing efforts, however, Einstein took to the radio less than three weeks after sending this letter to implore ‘American Jews and all who believe in humanity and justice’ to assist persecuted Jews in Central Europe—6,000,000 of whom would die at the hands of the Nazis during World War II. Letters such as this always provide an insightful look in the scientist’s great commitment to the Jewish people.
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