In the American Los Angeles, two letters from the physicist Albert Einstein were put up for auction, the existence of which was not previously known, writes on Tuesday, March 26, the Daily Mail. In them, the scientist talked about what he and other Jews had to face in Hitler's Germany.
As noted, the physicist wrote one of the letters in 1934 to his first wife Mileva Einstein-Marich - she was his wife from 1903 to 1919. In his message, Einstein complained about how much his life had changed after Adolf Hitler came to power: the Nazis took over the house in which the scientist lived and turned it into a camp for members of the Hitler Youth, his boat was confiscated, and his books were burned. Also physics, like other Jews, was forbidden to teach at the university.
In addition, Einstein noted that due to the financial problems that arose for him, it became difficult for him to pay for the treatment of his son Eduard, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia. "Hitler's madness destroyed the lives of everyone around me," the scientist wrote.
Another letter, dated 1939, was addressed to Einstein's friend Dr. Maurice Lenz, who was helping Jewish refugees. In it, the scientist noted that the Jewish people had to face a difficult test, and thanked Lenz for his contribution to saving Jews from persecution.
Mileva's letter was put up for sale for more than $ 25,000, and Lenz's letter was estimated at just under $ 12,000. The auction is expected to end on Thursday 28 March.
In 2017, two notes by Einstein were put up for auction in Israel, in which he summarized his thoughts on life and happiness.
Einstein won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921. The scientist is known as one of the founders of the special theory of relativity and made a decisive contribution (along with the German mathematician David Hilbert) to the emergence of the general theory of relativity. In 1933, he and his family were forced to leave Germany and move to the United States.
