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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