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I use this opportunity to assure you of my complete sympathy and respect. Most
truly,
M. Wolf, Professor.
124. From Rütschke
Prösen n[ear] Elsterwerda, 31 August [1920]
In the name of numerous local pastors, I urge you please to remain in Berlin &
spare Germany the shame that you went
away.[1]
Anti-Semites should not gain this
triumph.[2]
Pastor Rütschke
125. From Matt Winteler[1]
[London, 31 August 1920]
“And yet, it
moves!”[2]
[eppur si muove.]
Matt Winteler
126. From Maja Winteler-Einstein
Lucerne, 1 September 1920
My Dears!
Your letter shook me
up.[1]
It is almost impossible for me to write now; I scarcely
know why, myself. I thank you, dear Elsa, very much for the useful things you sent
us through Mrs. Häfliger and both of you for the fine engraving of Carl Maria von
Weber.[2]
It pleases me greatly.–
The lectures in the Philharmonic seem to have degenerated into a slander cam-
paign against you. Various papers published the announcement that you were
giving up your Berlin job. Is that
true?[3]
In any case, this is a bad reward for your
consideration toward the impoverished
Berliners.[4]
I’m earnestly sorry about it.–
What you are experiencing in the large arena I went through on a small scale. I
also was attacked in the papers, supposedly because I had no talent as a teacher,
place too much value on “finery and trappings” (!) and gave arbitrary
marks.[5]
In
reality it was because the ultramontanes wanted to bring a nonacademic from Luc-
erne into the secondary school and the other colleagues were envious of our double
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