愛因斯坦1922年預言信以近4萬美元的價格拍出

A handwritten letter written by Albert Einstein warning of the dangers of growing nationalism and anti-Semitism years before the Nazis rose to power has been sold for nearly $40,000.

在納粹黨上臺之前，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。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.

當時警方曾警告這位猶太科學家，稱他的生命可能也處于危險之中。

"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)濟和政治上的黑暗時期正在醞釀，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，這封信件的成交價大概是其預估價的2倍。