European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday. July 14,1987 the stars and stripes Page 9 unpublished Effers notes give new glimpses of Einstein Jerusalem a Slacks of letters and note books left by Albert Einstein offer a run glimpse of Fth personality of the scientific Genius his often troubled personal life and behind the scenes involvement in world politics. The 43,000 documents stored in a basement Library after his d Al in 1955, depict a sensitive Man who was beset by divisive family problems and was sometimes victim of anti semitism. Unpublished letters that Einstein exchanged with Chaim Weizmann Israel s first president show Einstein was a committed zionist although he often displayed an ambivalence toward Judaism. He repudiated the religion at i Young age acid frequently criticized Weizmann for the Way jewish set Tler treated arabs in Palestine before formation of the state of introduced president Franklin d. Roose velt to the wonders of the atomic bomb in 1939 but said the bomb might be Loo heavy for transportation by Otter letters reveal details about Einstein s family problems that plagued him As Young Man although they rarely appear to have distracted him from his work in physics. Because of emotional ties to the jewish slate Einstein bequeathed his personal papers to he brew University in Jerusalem. The documents written in German were made available to the associated press by the university1 archives. Most of the papers held together with plastic paper clips to avoid damage Are travel logs and letters writ ten to people ranging from Roosevelt to Einstein s first wife Mileva mane. Einstein had an illegitimate daughter Zieserl and a son who was mentally ill according to the letters. Both children Are rarely mentioned by him later in life. Dozens of letters Between Einstein and Bis first wife Penny a Stormy relationship with frequent separa Tion my eventual divorce in 1919, largely a result of his mother1 meddling in their life. Because of his Mother s objections Einstein delayed the wedding for years until after Zieserl was born. She cried like a child Einstein wrote about his not bar i reaction to the marriage in 1900. He said his Mother objected because his wife was an intellectual instead of a housewife and was four years older 25 to hb2l. Einstein s first wife who Wio in his College physics class in Zurich Switzerland was also an important sounding Board fur the Young Sci list s work. He once wrote her about nearly dropping his theory of Rel Alively because of a simple Marhc magical error. I wrote to you thai i doubt my ideas about relativity. But my concerns were based on a computing error. Now f believe ii More than Ever Einstein wrote in 1901, 21 years before winning a Nobel prize in physics for the research. The ice Lars include frequent complaints by Einstein of being unable to find work. The German Bora Einstein never mastered English and had most of his letters to Roosevel translated. On the backs of his drafts he often doodled physics for Mulas. To studying English hut it won t stick in my old brain Einstein once wrote in his diary even in Ger Man be frequently made spelling mistakes. Many of Einstein s personal letters could not be read because his daughter from his second marriage the late Margol Einstein requested they be kept secret librarians said. But thousands of documents Are to be published Over the next few years. About 150 documents were included in a volume published this Spring by Prince ton University in new Jersey where Einstein once taught. Among other papers in the Einstein collection arc packets of notebooks and travel diaries. In his logs from one Irani Atlantic voyage in 1931, Einstein commented on everything from passengers habits to the shapes of fish in the sea. Once he apparently got seasick. In the same sentence he wrote about his study of mechanics Einstein broke off and added the ship is creaking. The doctor says older people often get seasick. It items la be in another passage he wrote yesterday i took a look at the ship s engine the diesel motor. The Engi Neer is very intelligent. The people on this ship Are especially in one tog of a trip to new York cily in 1931, he complained at length about being badgered by report ers and jewish fund raisers. As a victim of nazi persecutions he was drawn to the zionist movement that founded Israel Bur. Was Crit ical of jewish Militancy toward arabs in the 1920s. Up ii Phot Albert Einstein. Man of Many facets if we Don t find a Way of honest cooperation and honest dealing Wilh the arabs we have not teamed anything during our 2,000 years of suffering and de serve any Fate that Wilt hit us Einstein wrote. Anti Sam ilium apparently dogged Einstein even after he found Refuge in the United slats. His employer Al Princeton Abraham Flenner director of the Institute for advanced study once cancelled Einstein s plans to spend a weekend Al the while House saying he feared publicity about Einstein s presence would put anti semites on his Trail. There a Sills in new York an irresponsible group of nazis. If the newspapers had Access to him. It would practically be impossible for him Einstein to remain in his Post. Flenner wrote on nov. 3, 1933, Einstein who had accepted the invitation re fused by his loss wrote a note Ameri cans,11 fluid. A spokesman for the office of sir pal Rick Mayhew inc attorney general said Mayhew will Start proceedings in the High court for criminal contempt of nun in re specs of the publication in the sunday time in Lav of material purport in to he comets from or. Pelcer in Gill s Nisi Miry
