ALBERT EINSTEIN (1879-1955) American physicist whose Theory of Relativity and studies of mass and energy relations his revolutionized the field of physics. Very fine content A.L.S. "Dern Albert ", Le Coq (Belgium), July 19, 1933, in German to Mileva, his ex-wife. In part: "...I have been told by Mr. Dukas about your difficult situation. Don't worry - I will help although my own situation is problematic...I agree that the house has to be sold if it's possible. We have to take into consideration the actual situation in order to spare a more difficult one. To sell the house looks impossible because nobody will buy a passive house...Don't you have someone who can intervene for us? You know that in Germany, the Germans took away all of my money. The Swiss authorities protested, but so weakly and without interest that I couldn't hope for success. My income in America is because the Dollar has...lost its value and the whole family is in a situation of beggars. So that I have a lot of troubles and worries...But the amount you need I can find for you. But if should die, then I am leaving only poverty to my family. If you had done what I suggested a few months ago, to transfer the money on Albert and Tetel's names and account... ". In a prophetic postscript, he adds: "Write me soon so that I can make a quick decision. We don't know what is going to happen ". Einstein had taken a guest post at Princeton University in late 1932 and eventually renounced his German citizenship for permanent residency in the U.S. Just months later, Hitler took power and quickly passed the anti-Semitic "Law of the Restoration of Civil Service" which forcibly removed Jewish intellectuals and scientists from their positions under the auspices that their work was against Aryan ideals. It is undoubtedly this event which induced Einstein to comment on his own loss of income in our letter. Einstein married mathematician Mileva Maric in 1903, whom he later divorced. The mother of three of his children, Maric is occasionally credited for significant mathematical contributions to Einstein's theories, but to some extent this is unclear. Einstein gave the proceeds associated with his winning of the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics to Maric, who invested it in real estate. She remained in Berlin to care for the couple's youngest son Emil, who suffered from schizophrenia. The costs associated with his care consumed much of Maric's investments, and she sold many properties to continue his treatments. In later years, Eduard cared for his mother until her death in 1948. The "Mr. Dukas " mentioned in this letter was the husband of Einstein's long-time secretary and confidante Helen Dukas, who joined Einstein in 1928, staying with him until his death, upon which she acted as an executor of his literary contributions. A touching letter, and, with Einstein's simple but uncannily accurate comments on the world's political morass, an unusually good example. Slight weakening of folds, and a tiny bit of separation in two spots, overall very good condition. $4,000-5,000