146 DOCUMENT 95 JULY 1915
[2]A
joint
vacation with Hans Albert that
was
discussed
in Docs. 83 and 84.
[3]In spite
of
lecture commitments until the end
of
July (see
Doc.
86).
[4]David
Hilbert
held
similar
political
views
on
the
war as
Einstein
(see
note
7).
[5]Einstein
held
the lectures under the
auspices
of
the Wolfskehl
Foundation
at the
University
of
Göttingen
the week
beginning Monday,
28
June
(see receipt signed by
Einstein,
29 June
1915,
GyGöU,
Etat
28,
Mappe 14, p.
62),
and
returned
to
Berlin
on
5
July (see
Doc.
92).
For
a partial
Nach-
schrift
of
Einstein’s
lectures,
see
Vol.
6, Appendix
B.
[6]Peter Debye
was
appointed
Professor
of
Physics at the
University
of
Göttingen
in
September
1914
(see
Jungnickel
and
McCormmach
1986,
p.
301).
His most recent publication
was Debye 1915,
a major paper on
the
scattering
of
X-rays by
atoms.
[7]Einstein had
recommended
Max Abraham (1875-1922)
as
Debye’s
successor
at the
University
of
Zurich three
years
earlier
(see
Einstein to
Alfred
Kleiner, 3
April
1912
[Vol.
5,
Doc.
382]).
As
a
German national and
enemy
alien in
Italy,
Abraham
was
forced
to
resign
his
position
at the Milan
Polytechnic
in autumn
1914,
and
spent
at
least
two
years as a
freelance
researcher
in
Zurich
(see
PGZ
Mitteilungen
1916,
p. 12).
[8]To
Sellin
(see
the
following
document).
[9]Elsa
Einstein.
[10]To
make partial amends,
David Hilbert
signed an open
letter-the
“Delbriick-Demburg peti-
tion”
to
the German chancellor,
drawn
up on
9
July
and dated 27
July
1915-rejecting
the annexation-
ist
war
aims advocated in the
“Seeberg
memorandum” of
8 July (see
Thimme
1955,
p.
120).
The text
is
reprinted, e.g.,
in Lehmann-Russbiildt
1927, pp.
64-66.
For
general background
to
the intellectual
climate in which the
memoranda
were
written, see
Ringer 1969,
pp.
180-199.
[11]A permanent
secretary
of
the Prussian
Academy
of
Sciences, Max
Planck
too
signed
the
open
letter, together
with
Einstein, Hilbert,
and 138 others. A
list of
signatories can
be found in Delbrück
1915,
pp.
169-172.
[12]Zangger
1915b and 1915c
(see
Doc.
86).
[13]Robert
Heller
may
have been
attempting
to
pass a qualifying
examination to
practice
medicine
in Switzerland
(see
Einstein to Heinrich
Zangger, ca.
20
January
1914
[Vol.
5,
Doc.
507],
note
10).
95.
To
Wander and Geertruida de Haas
[Berlin,]
9. VII.
15
Liebe Freunde!
Teilt
mir
bitte
mit,
wohin die Meubel
gesandt
werden
sollen;[1]
der
Spediteur
fragt,
damit
er
einen
präzisen Kostenanschlag
machen kann. Ich bin
nun
bis etwa
5.
August
auf
Rügen (Sellin) zur Erholung.
Dann kann aber die
Spedition
der Meu-
bel
gleich erfolgen.
Dem Hausherrn[2]
habe
ich
geschrieben,
aber
noch keine
Ant-
wort erhalten. Ich
habe
es
schriftlich
gemacht,
damit ich
etwas
in
der
Hand habe.
Schreibt
mir
also bitte nach Sellin.
Seid herzlich
gegrüsst
von
Euerm
Albert
Einstein.
AKSX.
[70 404].
The
verso
is addressed “Herrn & Frau De Haas.
Ryksstraatweg
40
Santpoort
b.
Haarlem
Holland.,”
and
postmarked
“Berlin-Wilmersdorf
1
9.7.15.
2-3N[achmittags].”
[1]Einstein
was closing
the De Haas
apartment
after
the
family’s
return
to the Netherlands
(see
Doc.
92).
[2]
Alfred
Schrobsdorff
(see
Doc.
99).