Einstein, Albert

Group of three items by Albert Einstein relating to the Atomic bomb given to Dr. Edrita Fried, including: Large photograph of Einstein inscribed and signed ("A. Einstein"), (12 7/8 x 10 1/8 in.; 333 x 25 8mm); some creasing at bottom right corner; facsimile of the first portion of Einstein's letter to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt of 2 August 1939, regarding the possibility of developing an Atomic bomb, signed in full, (3 3/8 x 6 1/4 in.; 86 x 155 mm); light browning and staining; autograph poem signed ("A. Einstein"), in German, (2 7/8 x 5 5/8 in.; 73 x 143 mm), [no place], 1941, expressing thanks for her help with a difficult task; all three pieces matted together, framed and glazed.

A friend in need.  A noted psychoanalyst, Dr. Edrita Fried emigrated to the United States after receiving her Ph.D at the University of Vienna in her native city. Not long after her arrival in the United States, she met Einstein and helped him with composing letters in English. Fried was never specific with regard to the assistance she provided other than the letters pertained to the 1939 letter Einstein penned to President Roosevelt regarding the Atomic bomb. Einstein's poem to Dr. Fried provides valuable insights to her contributions:

If a thing is horribly urgent

This will cause one torment

Unless one is fast assisted

And thus can give it birth.

You have helped me, though late it was and night,

Quickly and with brightness.

You have done it masterfully,

Thank you , noble Maiden.

An extraordinary group relating to Einstein's letter to President Roosevelt on the Atomic bomb.