For sale – Einstein letter on anti-Semitism in universities

A 1935 letter from Albert Einstein regarding the plight of Jewish intellectuals in the United States was due to be auctioned by Nate D Sanders Auctions on 29 August, with bidding to begin at US$25,000 reports artdaily.com.

In 1935, all but one medical school in the United States imposed quotas on Jewish matriculates. Auction owner Nate Sanders stated, “These letters penned by Albert Einstein continue to be tremendously relevant in light of current global affairs. They represent an ongoing important cultural and political discussion.”

Einstein sent the typed letter dated 8 June 1935 from his summer vacation home, the ‘White House’ in Lyme, Connecticut, to his colleague physicist Paul Epstein. The letter, which was written in German, discussed the dilemma of Jewish academics in America and the necessity for Jewish teaching institutions. Einstein also discussed his Unified Field Theory and referred to his manuscript, “The Particle Problem in the General Theory of Relativity”.
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