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Albert Einstein, the renowned physicist and humanitarian, writes to Lionel M. Ettlinger in March of 1940, lamenting the present situation in Europe — and to thank him for the pipe he sent.
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[Transcription, translated from original German:]
The 31st of March 1940
Mr. Lionel M. Ettlinger
Hotel Delmonico
New York City
Dear Mr. Ettlinger:
Sincere thanks for your congratulation and the pipe you sent me. -- Meanwhile terrible things happen and one cannot do anything about it, except for troublesome help in individual cases. You are quite right, it is hard to understand that the people in England Anno 33 did not earnestly consider your materials. How easy it would have been to avoid the present calamity.
Fondest regards Your
A. Einstein
Creation Date
3-31-1940
City
Princeton
State/Province
New Jersey
Country
United States
Creator Life Dates
1879-1955
Keywords
"albert einstein", "lionel ettlinger", "lionel m. ettlinger", europe, "world war 2", "second world war", holocaust, shoah, 1940, "March 31, 1940", "Hotel Delmonico"
Resource Identifier
070427-24
Date Digital
12-8-2015
Document Type
Manuscript
Disciplines
American Studies | Arts and Humanities | Digital Humanities | European Languages and Societies | German Language and Literature | History | Jewish Studies | Law | Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies
Publisher
Wofford College
Format (medium)
manuscript
Format (IMT)
Language
de
Source
Broadus R. Littlejohn Collection of Manuscripts and Ephemera, Wofford College Special Collections
Recommended Citation
Einstein, Albert, "Albert Einstein letter to Lionel M. Ettlinger; 31 March 1940, Princeton." (1940). Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection. 320.
https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/320
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