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233. To Erwin F. Freundlich
[Berlin,] 10 September 1921
Dear Mr. Freundlich,
The letter to Schorr went out within 24 hours of receipt. Perhaps the fellow for-
got about it. Give him a prod. I likewise wrote the ministry
immediately,[1]
very
carefully, but requested further inquiries be made elsewhere about the candidates
because familial considerations had been
alleged.[2]
I do not think that it will be any
help—we shall see. I am pleased that we are encountering so much understanding
(compare with 1914!). We have the English to thank for the whole change in these
external
circumstances.[3]
Wishing you an enjoyable vacation, yours,
A. Einstein.
234. From Käthe Kollwitz
11 September 1921
[Not selected for translation.]
235. To Samuel Untermyer
[Berlin,] 15 September 1921
Dear Mr. Untermyer,
For understandable reasons I cannot use the postal service to write you about the
sum of money and certificates that you kindly took into safekeeping for us. That is
why I take the liberty of giving this letter to Mr. Zeisler to bring
along.[1]
I hope
you have invested the 4,300 dollars that we had handed over to you on May 28 in
American
assets,[2]
as we had then agreed. Please compound the interest as long as
I do not explicitly ask you to have some of it sent to us. Under these insecure con-
ditions here this sum is, so to speak, my only safe possession in case of an emer-
gency in Germany, these assets are of great importance to me. When I can again
spare something in a foreign currency, I will permit myself to send it to you with
the request that you kindly proceed with it as with the rest.