APPENDIX F APHORISM ON DEATH This is a transcript from an essay by Einstein’s close friend Otto Juliusburger, written in June 1937 [38 202]. According to the essay, Einstein uttered these words after leaving the funeral of Fanny Einstein, his mother-in-law, who had died on 10 November 1926 and was buried on 14 November 1926 in Berlin (see Berliner Tageblatt, 12 November 1926, ME, and Jüdische Rundschau, 19 Nov- ember 1926 [36 593]. [Berlin, 14 November 1926] Die Schlussworte des schoenen Gebetes, “Der Herr hat gegeben, der Herr hat genommen, der Name des Ewigen sei gepriesen!”— bedeuten die Fülle des Lebens, das immer gibt und wieder nimmt, um abermals zu geben.