9 3 6 C A L E N D A R O F A B S T R A C T S 1 9 2 6 594. From Kasimir Bett Berlin, 13 October 1926 In reply to AE’s solicitation of donations for the Akademie für die Wissenschaft des Ju- dentums, encloses a check in the amount of 500 M. TLS. [45 267]. 595. From Friedrich S. Archenhold Treptow-Sternwarte, Berlin, 14 October 1926 Sends issue of Weltall, containing the program for the Mars exhibition and requests that AE bring it to the attention of the ICIC. Knowing that AE is in Kiel, asks whether An- schütz has anything new to report connected to the gyrocompass. Has discovered a very interesting letter by Robert von Mayer. Planck, Paschen, and Laue also consider it of his- torical interest. TLS. [43 065]. 596. From Reta Anschütz-Stöve Munich, 15 October 1926 Was hoping to see AE again in Lautrach. Knowing of the brief pleasant time AE is spending with her husband in Kiel, is inviting him to Munich, and is returning a book he had forgotten with them. ALS. [37 400]. 597. From Auxilium Academicum Judaicum Warszawa, 15 October 1926 The first Jewish student dormitory in Warsaw is being completed. Sends image of build- ing. The lecture hall will be named in AE’s honor and will have his engraved portrait on the front wall. Requests his participation at the inauguration. TLS. [44 061]. 598. From Rudolf Lämmel Dornburg a. S., 15 October 1926 Was in Rome unsuccessful for three weeks during summer, since the Vatican did not grant permission regarding the Galileo documents (see Abs. 557). But now that permis- sion has arrived, will travel again in October, although he is running out of funding. In November, he should be able to ascertain whether Galileo was tortured and whether the documents are forged. TLS. [15 016]. 599. From Raschko Zaycoff Charlottenburg, 15 October 1926 Is in desperate financial need and very poor health, has tried to manage in Berlin, suffers from epilepsy, is contemplating suicide as the only option. ALS. [24 176]. 600. To Simon [Kasimir Bett] Berlin, 16 October 1926 Will be glad to transmit the 500 M sent in Abs. 594, but is puzzled, since he never sent said solicitation, and would never allow a personal acquaintance be contacted in his name. Believes an error has occurred. TLC. [45 268]. 601. Ilse Kayser-Einstein to Kulturabteilung Auswärtiges Amt Berlin, 16 October 1926 On behalf of AE, forwards two letters, a brochure and a manuscript on the Volkshoch- schule Düsseldorf sent by Dr. Heinrichs. TLC. [43 881]. 602. From Julien Luchaire Paris, 16 October 1926 Sends copy of a report by Jacob de Vos van Steenwijk on his visit to Oxford, where he represented the IIIC at the Conference of the Association of Special Libraries and Infor- mation Bureaus, and on his visits to various institutions in London. TLS. [34 936]. 603. From Fritz Haber Berlin-Dahlem, 18 October 1926 In reply to AE’s (nonextant) letter of 16 October, recommends that AE sign the attached application to the Notgemeinschaft, which he approves. The necessity that AE pay from his own funds was never envisaged. Why had AE not approached the KWIP or the Elek- trophysikalische Ausschuss, who pay half a dozen assistants and could have paid for two assistants for AE? Haber himself is not in good shape for scientific work. He is also in- terested in the promotion of science, but only if he can lead the process, which is not the