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Article: Einstein's Private Papers Published; Letters, Notes Discuss Politics, Family Troubles
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- The Washington Post
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- July 13, 1987
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Stacks of letters and notebooks left by Albert Einstein offer a
rare glimpse of the 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
death in 1955, depict a sensitive man who was beset by divisive
family problems and was sometimes a victim of anti-Semitism.
Unpublished letters that Einstein exchanged with Israel's first
president, Chaim Weizmann, show Einstein was a committed Zionist
although he often displayed an ambivalence toward Judaism.
He repudiated the religion at a young age and frequently
criticized Weizmann for the way Jewish settlers ...