EINSTEIN, Albert. Typed letter signed ('Albert') to his first wife, Mileva, n.p., 7 September 1947, and typed letter (unsigned) to his son, Hans Albert, n.p., 21 June 1951, half page, 4to . THE LAST LETTER TO MILEVA, AND HIS SISTER'S APPROACHING DEATH. In apparently his last letter to Mileva, who died in August 1948, Einstein writes that he is 'grateful that in spite of your physical difficulties you have managed to bring things to a conclusion, so that the house can be purchased [by a company set up by Einstein for that purpose]. I hope you have been able to arrange things so that you can remain in your home. If not, we will find something'. His news on his own health is favourable, but he has less energy for work than before: 'I don't really want to get to the point where I am no longer good for anything, but everyone has to take it as it comes'. The letter to Hans Albert begins with a spirited appreciation of Hans Albert's work: 'I am full of respect for the fundamental and systematic way in which you have dealt with this complicated field'. His own personal news, however, is only bad: the injuries to the brain of his sister Maja are 'now so far advanced that a release cannot be far off. About two weeks ago through no one's fault she fell following a renewed stroke, and has a complex fracture of the right upper arm joint'; she is now in hospital with a lung inflammation, 'where we each day spend a few wretched hours with her. This hopeless, year-long suffering is something indescribably depressing and she has borne it with the greatest patience'. Maja Winteler-Einstein died on 25 June. Einstein's wretched condition at this moment no doubt explains the absence of a signature on the present letter. (2)
EINSTEIN, Albert. Typed letter signed ('Albert') to his first wife, Mileva, n.p., 7 September 1947, and typed letter (unsigned) to his son, Hans Albert, n.p., 21 June 1951, half page, 4to . THE LAST LETTER TO MILEVA, AND HIS SISTER'S APPROACHING DEATH. In apparently his last letter to Mileva, who died in August 1948, Einstein writes that he is 'grateful that in spite of your physical difficulties you have managed to bring things to a conclusion, so that the house can be purchased [by a company set up by Einstein for that purpose]. I hope you have been able to arrange things so that you can remain in your home. If not, we will find something'. His news on his own health is favourable, but he has less energy for work than before: 'I don't really want to get to the point where I am no longer good for anything, but everyone has to take it as it comes'. The letter to Hans Albert begins with a spirited appreciation of Hans Albert's work: 'I am full of respect for the fundamental and systematic way in which you have dealt with this complicated field'. His own personal news, however, is only bad: the injuries to the brain of his sister Maja are 'now so far advanced that a release cannot be far off. About two weeks ago through no one's fault she fell following a renewed stroke, and has a complex fracture of the right upper arm joint'; she is now in hospital with a lung inflammation, 'where we each day spend a few wretched hours with her. This hopeless, year-long suffering is something indescribably depressing and she has borne it with the greatest patience'. Maja Winteler-Einstein died on 25 June. Einstein's wretched condition at this moment no doubt explains the absence of a signature on the present letter. (2)
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