愛(ài)因斯坦1922年預(yù)言信以近4萬(wàn)美元的價(jià)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(tái)之前，阿爾伯特·愛(ài)因斯坦寫(xiě)了一封信，警告不斷上升的民族主義和反猶太主義的危險(xiǎn)。這封信于日前被拍出了近4萬(wàn)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(jià)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(guó)猶太外交部長(zhǎng)被右翼極端分子暗殺，愛(ài)因斯坦是在藏身之際給妹妹寫(xiě)了這封信。

Police had warned the Jewish scientist that his life could be in danger too.

當(dāng)時(shí)警方曾警告這位猶太科學(xué)家，稱他的生命可能也處于危險(xiǎn)之中。

"Here are brewing economically and politically dark times, so I'm happy to be able to get awayfrom everything," he wrote.

愛(ài)因斯坦在信中寫(xiě)道：“德國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)和政治上的黑暗時(shí)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(jià)大概是其預(yù)估價(jià)的2倍。