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(JTA) — A photograph of Adolf Hitler hugging a part-Jewish child and a letter by Albert Einstein predicting the rise of Nazi anti-Semitism fetched five-figure sums at two separate auctions. The picture, dated 1933, shows Rosa Bernile Nienau, whose grandmother was Jewish, being hugged by the Nazi leader outside his home in Bavaria, the sellers…
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Culture Einstein Fled Germany Amid Anti-Semitic Threats In 1922. Here’s What He Wrote About Exile.
In 1922, more than a decade before the Nazis rise to power in Germany, Albert Einstein went into hiding. Now, a letter written after his hasty escape from Berlin has been unearthed. The letter to Einstein’s sister Maja, discovered by an anonymous collector, is dated August 12, 1922. It’s unclear where Einstein was when he…
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Fast Forward Einstein’s ‘God Is Nothing’ Handwritten Letter Goes On Block For $1.5M
A handwritten letter in which Nobel physicist Albert Einstein took issue with the concept of religion and his own Jewish faith is expected to fetch up to $1.5 million at auction in New York. Christie’s auctioneers said on Thursday that the so-called God Letter, written by Einstein in 1954, would be placed on public exhibit…
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The Schmooze Gal Gadot Meets Einstein And Golda Meir in ‘Jewish Heaven’ On ‘The Simpsons’
“Jewish Heaven” made its second appearance in “The Simpsons” on Sunday, as the Fox animation series began its 30th season with Bart having a near-death experience and claiming to have seen Jesus. The show also featured Gal Gadot, with the Israeli actor playing herself playing Lisa Simpson in the movie version of Bart’s experience. In…
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Fast Forward Einstein Letter On Rise Of Nazis Sells For $30K
(JTA) — A letter written by Albert Einstein on the day he renounced his German citizenship, after realizing he could not return due to the rise of the Nazis, was sold. The letter written on board the S.S. Belgenland and dated March 28, 1933, sold for $30,250 at the Nate D. Sanders Auction House in…
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Fast Forward Bidding Starts At $25,000 For Albert Einstein’s Letters About Nazi Germany
A four-page letter written by Albert Einstein and his wife Elsa, on the day Einstein renounced his German citizenship, will be auctioned by Nate D. Sanders Auctions on Thursday. Einstein wrote the letter to his sister Maja Winteler-Einstein on March 28, 1933, aboard the S.S. Belgenland, ignoring pleas from friends and colleagues not to return…
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Fast Forward Before Albert Einstein Spoke Out For Civil Rights, He Had Racist Views
In addition to his scientific research, Albert Einstein also famously advocated for civil rights — but a series of travel diaries recently published in English for the first time revealed that the physicist held racist and xenophobic views, CNN reported. The writings record Einstein’s experiences in the Middle East and Asia between October 1922 and…
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