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TLS from Slowo. Gregorius Itelson is translating the lec-
tures Einstein 1920j and 1921c. Asks for the right to their
translations under the same conditions as when Einstein
1917a was published by Vieweg. [41 1032].
Mar 11 TLS to Gauthier-Villars. Maurice Solovine should be the
one to translate Einstein 1920j. [67 878].
Contracts with Gauthier-Villars on French edition of Ein-
stein 1921c and 1920j. AE would receive 20% royalties. [73
597], [73 597.1].
TLS from Arnold Berliner. Requests answer to Peters’s
question whether time is finite or infinite. Considers it better
to settle the question in correspondence and not in the pages
of Die Naturwissenschaften. [7 010].
Mar 13 ADft to Slowo, which he is no longer interested in working
with. [41 1033].
Mar 14 ALS from Wilhelm von Gonzenbach. Is informed by AE’s
sons that an Assistent position is available at the Potsdam
Astrophysical Observatory and that AE is searching for a
secretary. Recommends his sister-in-law for either of these
positions. She lives in the U.S., and asks AE to meet her
there. [43 784].
Mar 15 TDS. Takes the oath of allegiance to the Prussian constitu-
tion after an explanation was read out loud that the civil ser-
vants are to obey the constitution as servants of the state and
not of any party, but that they are not restricted in their con-
stitutional freedom to join political parties or associations as
individuals. [79 326].
Mar 16 Signs “In My Defense” (Vol. 7, Doc. 55).
TLC to Payot. Lucien Fabre has published a foreword with
AE’s name in his book. Declares that he had not written a
foreword to the book, and expects adequate public counter-
measures. [11 006].
TLS from Erich Marx. Following his conversation with AE
“in Mr. Blumenfeld’s home last Saturday,” offers some
thoughts on the importance of language for the survival of
the Jewish people. [44 388].
TLS from Kurt Blumenfeld to Chaim Weizmann. The
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