DOCS.
1,
2
APRIL
1914
9
1.
To
Mileva Einstein-Maric
[Berlin,]
2
April 1914
Dear
Mama,
I’ve
been here in Berlin
(Wilmersdorfer St.)
since
Sunday.[1]
It
was
extremely
pleasant
at
the
Ehrenfests.
They
would
like to
spend
a
few weeks
together
with
us
in Switzerland
if
possible.
I’m
now on
familiar terms with
Ehrenfest.[2]
It’s nice here.
Yesterday
I
was
at Haber’s for the first
time;
he sends all of
you
his
greetings.[3]
I
haven’t
seen
Mrs. Haber[4]
yet.
Tomorrow I’m
going
to
be
at
Koppel’s.[5]
He
gave
me a
beautiful
grandfather’s
clock
as a
welcoming present.
Gorgeously
mild
weather has set in here
now;
I
hope
it’s
the
same
for
you
and
that
our
Tete has
no more
little
earaches,
so
that
he
can
go
outside
a
lot.[6]
Please
write
me
immediately
where
the
money
has been
deposited
so
that
I
can
pay
the
moving expenses. According
to
a
letter
by Maag
I
can
do
no more
in
the
Gentner
affair
regarding
the
heating
because I
paid
the
first bill
without
objection.[7]
For
God’s
sake!
Another
old
tax bill arrived
from
Prague
for
about
80
kr. which
I
must
pay.[8]
The
new
landlord
is
very
decent.
He’s
having
everything
renovated
nicely.[9]
The
furniture
will
come on
Monday
but
must be stacked
up
provisionally
in the
dining
room
because
the
apartment
repairs
will
take
another
one
and
a
half
weeks.
Wishing you
all
enjoyable holidays
and
a
good rest, yours,
Papa.
2. To
Paul Ehrenfest
[Berlin,
before
10
April
1914][1]
Dear
Ehrenfest,
Shame
on
me
for not
having
written
you yet.
I
spent
an
unforgettable
and
absolutely
pleasant week
with
you.[2]
I
thank
you
and
your
wife[3] heartily
for it.
I
did
not
write for
so
long
because
I
had
hoped
to
be able to
report
something
sensible
about the
rotating
system.
I
had
already
written
down half of
the
thing.
The
angel
had
already
unveiled itself
halfway
in its
magnificence;
then
on
further
unveiling
a
cloven hoof
was exposed,
and I
ran away.
The root of the
evil
is,
reduced to
the
simplest terms,
as
follows:
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