HANDSELSGESELLSCHAFT,MUNCHEN
July9,1933
Mr。MaxEisenstein
Schulse-EisensteinGalleries
SanFrancisco,California,U。S。A。
DearMax:
YouwillseethatIwriteuponthestationeryofmybank。ThisisnecessarybecauseIhavearequesttomakeofyouandIwishtoavoidthenewcensorshipwhichismoststrict。Wemustforthepresentdiscontinuewritingeachother。ItisimpossibleformetobeincorrespondencewithaJewevenifitwerenotthatIhaveanofficialpositiontomaintain。Ifacommunicationbecomesnecessaryyoumustencloseitwiththebankdraftandnotwritetomeatmyhouseagain。
Asforthesternmeasuresthatsodistressyou,Imyselfdidnotlikethematfirst,butIhavecometoseetheirpainfulnecessity。TheJewishraceisasorespottoanynationthatharborsit。IhaveneverhatedtheindividualJew—yourselfIhavealwayscherishedasafriend,butyouwillknowthatIspeakinallhonestywhenIsayIhavelovedyou,notbecauseofyourracebutinspiteofit。
TheJewistheuniversalscapegoat。Thisdoesnothappenwithoutreason,anditisnottheoldsuperstitionabout"Christ-killers"thatmakesthemdistrusted。ButthisJewtroubleisonlyanincident。Somethingbiggerishappening。
IfIcouldshowyou,ifIcouldmakeyousee—therebirthofthisnewGermanyunderourGentleLeader!Notforalwayscantheworldgrindagreatpeopledowninsubjugation。Indefeatforfourteenyearswebowedourheads。Weatethebitterbreadofshameanddrankthethingruelofpoverty。Butnowwearefreemen。Weriseinourmightandholdourheadsupbeforethenations。Wepurgeourbloodstreamofitsbaserelements。Wegosingingthroughourvalleyswithstrongmusclestinglingforanewwork—andfromthemountainsringthevoicesofWodanandThor,theold,stronggodsoftheGermanrace。
Butno。IamsureasIwrite,aswiththenewvisionmyownenthusiasmburns,thatyouwillnotseehownecessaryisallthisforGermany。Youwillseeonlythatyourownpeoplearetroubled。Youwillnotseethatafewmustsufferforthemillionstobesaved。YouwillbeaJewfirstandwailforyourpeople。ThisIunderstand。ItistheSemiticcharacter。Youlamentbutyouareneverbraveenoughtofightback。Thatiswhytherearepogroms。
Alas,Max,thiswillpainyou,Iknow,butyoumustrealizethetruth。Therearemovementsfarbiggerthanthemenwhomakethemup。Asforme,Iamapartofthemovement。Heinrichisanofficerintheboys'corpswhichisheadedbyBaronVonFreischewhoserankisnowsheddingalusteruponourhouse,forhecomesoftentovisitwithHeinrichandElsa,whomhemuchadmires。Myself,Iamuptotheearsinwork。ElsaconcernsherselflittlewithpoliticsexcepttoadoreourGentleLeader。Shegetstiredtooeasilythislastmonth。Perhapsthebabiescometoofast。Itwillbebetterforherwhenthisoneisborn。
Iregretourcorrespondencemustclosethisway,Max。Perhapswecansomedaymeetagainonafieldofbetterunderstanding。
Aseveryour,
MartinSchulse
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