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Einstein sent the four-page letter to his sister Maja Winteler-Einstein on March 28, 1933 aboard the SS Belgenland, which left New York for the city of Antwerp, Belgium, where handed her pbadport to German consulate.

He and his wife traveled to the United States when Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor on January 30, 1933. During the voyage on the ship, the scientist was informed that the Nazis had attacked his apartment in the German capital.

In addition, they posted a plaque that read "has not been hanged yet" and gave him a $ 5,000 reward.

Less than two months later, the couple decided to return to Germany to stay in his summer residence in the city of Caputh, southwest of Berlin, against which his friends and colleagues lined up. have advised.

In the letter, written a few minutes before her arrival in Antwerp as specified in the text, Elsa expressed her concern for the state of Tetel Einstein (son of Albert, the fruit of his first marriage) and recalled that all his friends had fled Germany or were imprisoned.

In the letter, Einstein's wife explains that the marriage experiences "deeply sad" situations and could not hold back her tears by reading a letter from the children of the scientist, Hans Albert and Tetel.

Einstein concludes the letter in a tone that contrasts with that shown by his wife, perhaps as a sign of acceptance of his destiny.