EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955). Typed letter signed (“A. Einstein”) to Paul Epstein, “White House, Old Lyme, Conn.”, 8 June 1935.

EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955). Typed letter signed (“A. Einstein”) to Paul Epstein, “White House, Old Lyme, Conn.”, 8 June 1935.

In German, One page, 269 x 187mm, on his personal letterhead.

Concerned for the plight of Jewish intellectuals in America, but pleased to have made progress in his unified field theory. Referring to what would become his paper with Nathan Rosen, “The Particle Problem in the General Theory of Relativity”, Einstein reports his excitement at discovering that "centrally-symmetric solutions for the gravitational field and the electromagnetic field are free from singularities if you allow hypersurfaces on which the determinant of gµ? disappears", commenting that “I do not consider it impossible that the germ is here for a theory of the atomic structure of matter and electricity.”

The first paragraph communicates Einstein’s deep concern for the state of Jewish intellectuals in American universities. “The hostile attitude of the universities against Jewish faculty and students is growing at a threatening rate, even when it appears in polite, or rather hypocritical forms. If we do not succeed in time to awaken an understanding of the need for the establishment of Jewish educational institutions, the Jews in this country will be mentally and spiritually impoverished. Unfortunately, the present Jewish leaders do not understand the seriousness of the situation, much like German Jews in the pre-Hitlerite era…”

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PROPERTY FROM THE DESCENDANTS OF PAUL S. EPSTEIN (1883-1966)