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256. From Hans Albert Einstein
[Zurich, 4 October
1921][1]
[Not selected for translation.]
257. From Mileva Einstein-Maric;
[Zurich, 4 October
1921][1]
[Not selected for translation.]
258. To Friedrich Vieweg
Berlin, 5 October 1921
Dear Sir,
In the enclosed I send you an inquiry by the inter-territorial publishers “Renais-
sance” regarding the translation rights for the relativity booklet into the Hebrew
and Yiddish
languages.[1]
It would be a special favor to Prof. Einstein, if you could
agree not to demand any compensation for the translation into these two languages,
which Prof. Einstein, for his part, intends to forgo. The publisher would not, of
course, have sole copyright to the translation then either. If you do not wish to
declare your agreement with this arrangement, please do kindly inform us.
In great respect,
The Secretary.
259. From Chaim Weizmann
Merano, Sanatorium Stefani, 7 October 1921
[See the documentary edition for the original English.]
260. To Mileva Einstein-Maric;
[Berlin,] Saturday. [8 October
1921][1]
Dear Mileva,
I’ll do as all of you wish, which pleases me very much, in that I’ll stop by in Zur-
ich on my return trip, that is on the trip between Bologna and
Leyden.[2]
I would