EINSTEIN, ALBERT Typed letter signed . Princeton: 10 June 1939. 1 page typed letter signed "A. Einstein" on a single sheet of Einstein's embossed stationery, addressed to "My dear doctor [Albert] Epstein" thanking him for the work done on behalf of Jewish refugees during Dedication Week. 11 x 8 1/2 inches (27.5 x 21 cm). Usual folds, three short closed tears to left margin (about 1.5 cm each), some faint marginal spotting; Together with a 1937 typed letter signed from Fiorello LaGuardia to Epstein, regarding his work uniting the Brooklyn and New York Federations of the Jewish Appeal. An important Einstein letter written at a critical moment of helping Jews escape Nazi terror in Europe. He writes: The power of resistance which has enabled the Jewish people to survive for thousands of years has been based to a large extent on traditions of mutual helpfulness ... We have no other means of self-defense than our solidarity and our knowledge that the cause for which we are suffering is a momentous and sacred cause ... It must be a source of deep gratification to you to be making so important a contribution toward rescuing our persecuted fellow-Jews from their calamitous peril and leading them toward a better future. C
EINSTEIN, ALBERT Typed letter signed . Princeton: 10 June 1939. 1 page typed letter signed "A. Einstein" on a single sheet of Einstein's embossed stationery, addressed to "My dear doctor [Albert] Epstein" thanking him for the work done on behalf of Jewish refugees during Dedication Week. 11 x 8 1/2 inches (27.5 x 21 cm). Usual folds, three short closed tears to left margin (about 1.5 cm each), some faint marginal spotting; Together with a 1937 typed letter signed from Fiorello LaGuardia to Epstein, regarding his work uniting the Brooklyn and New York Federations of the Jewish Appeal. An important Einstein letter written at a critical moment of helping Jews escape Nazi terror in Europe. He writes: The power of resistance which has enabled the Jewish people to survive for thousands of years has been based to a large extent on traditions of mutual helpfulness ... We have no other means of self-defense than our solidarity and our knowledge that the cause for which we are suffering is a momentous and sacred cause ... It must be a source of deep gratification to you to be making so important a contribution toward rescuing our persecuted fellow-Jews from their calamitous peril and leading them toward a better future. C
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