Einstein, Albert

Typed letter in German signed ("A. Einstein"), 1 page (11 x 8 1/2 in.; 280 x 215 mm) on letterhead with the embossed Mercer Street address above, Princeton, New Jersey, 9 April 1947, to Dr. Carl Frankenstein in Jerusalem; formerly folded. Cream cloth folding-case, gilt-stamped red leather title label on spine, English translation laid in.

Sotheby's, 17 November 1983, lot 247 (unnamed consignor)

Einstein comments on Jung.

Carl Frankenstein migrated to Palestine from Germany in 1935, and was a leading figure in the school of education at the Hebrew University, specializing in child psychology. He had evidently written to Einstein, looking for a contact sympathetic to Jungian psycho-analysis in the United States, possibly for work.

Einstein responds with encouragement, "I can well imagine that a specialty such as the one you mention, would find quite a lot of support. Personally, however, I always felt Jung to be a horror, and I never believed in his integrity, but found that he aways fished in muddy waters with a great deal of subtle aptitude. In any event, this is a good field of opportunity for Psycho-analysts, and you are the kind of man who will make friends where ever you go. However, I don't know anyone who represents Jung's point of view, and as a result, I am unable to provide you with the desired contact."