在納粹黨上臺(tái)之前,阿爾伯特·愛因斯坦寫了一封信,警告不斷上升的民族主義和反猶太主義的危險(xiǎn)。這封信于日前被拍出了近4萬美元。
The Kedem Auction House says the previously unknown letter, brought forward by an anonymous collector, fetched $39,360 in bidding in Jerusalem last Tuesday night.
Kedem拍賣行表示,這封此前不為人知的信件,被一位匿名收藏家于上周二晚在耶路撒冷以39,360美元的價(jià)格拍下。
Einstein wrote the letter to his sister after going into hiding in 1922 following the assassination of Germany's Jewish foreign minister by right-wing extremists.
1922年德國猶太外交部長被右翼極端分子暗殺,愛因斯坦是在藏身之際給妹妹寫了這封信。
Police had warned the Jewish scientist that his life could be in danger too.
當(dāng)時(shí)警方曾警告這位猶太科學(xué)家,稱他的生命可能也處于危險(xiǎn)之中。
"Here are brewing economically and politically dark times, so I'm happy to be able to get awayfrom everything," he wrote.
愛因斯坦在信中寫道:“德國經(jīng)濟(jì)和政治上的黑暗時(shí)期正在醞釀,所以我很高興能夠擺脫這一切。”
Kedem says the letter was sold at roughly double its expected price.
Kedem拍賣行表示,這封信件的成交價(jià)大概是其預(yù)估價(jià)的2倍。