DOCS.
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34
AUGUST
1914 41
33. To Mileva
Einstein-Maric
Dahlem,
18 August
[1914][1]
Dear
Wife,
The
money
I
had
given you
to take
along
will
probably
run
short
soon.
For
the month
of
August
withdraw
Fr. 100
from
the Kantonalbank
and for each
of
the
succeeding
months Fr.
400
a
month from
the
Kantonalbank.[2]
I
cannot
give
more
now, as
the
difficult times exhort
me
to
utmost caution. Should
the Kantonalbank
give
you any trouble,
contact Prof.
Stern[3]
who
will
stand
by
you.
Ensure
that
I
am
informed
about the
status of
our
deposits
at
the Kantonalbank.
I
beg you
to
notify
me
directly
about
business
matters,
because
this indirect
manner
is
insulting
to
me.
I
have all
the
more reason
to
expect
this
from
you
as
I
do
not
intend
to
demand
the
divorce from
you,
but
only
that
you
stay
in
Switzerland with
the
children.
I
dismissed
the
maid at
substantial
cost
& paid
the
bill at
Gasteiger.
Probably
I shall have to
keep
the
apartment[4]
because
renting
it out
at
this time
is hardly
conceivable.
Please
give
me news
of
my
dear
boys every
two
weeks;
I
send
them
fond kisses.
Albert
should write
me a
postcard
once
in
a
while.
The
keys,
particularly
the
one
for
the
desk,
are
missing.
You
absolutely
must
have these
sent to
me so
that
I
can
separate
what’s for
me
and
what’s for
you.
Specifically,
I must
assemble
the
bills for
the
moving-cost
reimbursement.[5]
With
regards, yours,
Albert.
I
have
sent
a
telegraph
in
case
the letter
arrives much
too
late.
34. To Paul
Ehrenfest
[Berlin,]
19 August
[1914]
Dear
Ehrenfest,
I
wonder how
your
postcard
came
into
my
hands
so quickly.
Europe
in
its
madness has
now
embarked
on something
incredibly preposterous.[1]
At such
times
one sees
to
what
deplorable
breed of brutes
we
belong.
I
am
musing serenely
along
in
my peaceful
meditations
and
feel
only
a
mixture of
pity
and
disgust.
My
family
also
is
in Switzerland and
will
stay there.[2]
I
am
residing
all
by
myself
in
my large apartment[3]
in undiminished
tranquillity.