A scientific discovery prompted by his new country retreat in Caputh; and his role in the Zionist movement.

Delight in his new country house in Caputh: 'Here I sit again in my hermitage with the wonderful sailing boat, without a telephone, far enough from Berlin. This peace and quiet has already helped me to a scientific discovery which for the first time provides the rounding out of what I have been working on for the last year'. In short, life in the country pleases him very much, even if the house was enormously expensive to build. And his health is better: 'My heart doesn't bother me any more, so that I feel almost as I did before'.

Einstein's younger son, Eduard, is shortly to stay with Maja, and he praises his character: 'I only reluctantly gave him up for the autumn holidays, but I have the feeling that you must get to know each other'. Einstein himself cannot come with him 'as I absolutely could not remain hidden, and uncomfortable situations would be unavoidable'. At the recent Zionist Congress in Zurich, he feels that he played an important part, and now the chief Jewish organisations around the world have officially joined the project, 'which until now they had not had the courage to do for political reasons'.

The letter by Elsa Einstein to which Einstein's is appended also rejoices in their their new quarters in Caputh, giving directly onto the Templiner See: they have their sailing boat ('a present from very rich friends'), and 'Albert has his own landing-stage in the garden'. They are lodging in an empty house while the new house is being built: from American pine, 'very artistic, very modern! Only four bedrooms, one very large living room... Central heating of the most modern system'. Einstein had thought of inviting his first wife Mileva to stay with them in Berlin, but Elsa suspects he has not thought it through, and has dissuaded him.
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