chuleeiente gallerie（第1页）

SANFRANCISCO，CALIFORNIA，U。S。A。

August1，1933

HerrnMartinSchulse

（kindnessofJ。Lederer）

SchlossRantzenburg

Munich，Germany

Martin，MyOldFriend:

IamsendingthisbythehandofJimmyLederer，whowillshortlypassthroughMunichonaEuropeanvacation。Icannotrestaftertheletteryoulastsentme。ItissounlikeyouIcanonlyattributeitscontentstoyourfearofthecensorship。ThemanIhavelovedasabrother，whosehearthaseverbeenbrimmingwithsympathyandfriendship，cannotpossiblypartakeofevenapassivepartnershipinthebutcheryofinnocentpeople。Itrustandpraythatitmaybeso，thatyouwillwritemenoexposition，whichmightbedangerousforyou，—onlyasimple"yes。"Thatwilltellmethatyouplaythepartofexpediencybutthatyourhearthasnotchanged，andthatIwasnotdeludedinbelievingyoutobealwaysamanoffineandliberalspirittowhomwrongsarewrongsinwhosoever'snametheymaybecommitted。

Thiscensorship，thispersecutionofallmenofliberalthought，theburningoflibrariesandcorruptionoftheuniversitieswouldarouseyourantagonismiftherehadbeennofingerlaidononeofmyraceinGermany。Youarealiberal，Martin。Youhavealwaystakenthelongview。Iknowthatyoucannotbesweptawayfromsanitybyapopularmovementwhichhassomuchthatisbadaboutit，nomatterhowstrongitmaybe。

IcanseewhytheGermansacclaimHitler。Theyreactagainsttheveryrealwrongswhichhavebeenlaidonthemsincethedisasterofthewar。Butyou，Martin，havebeenalmostanAmericansincethewar。Iknowthatitisnotmyfriendwhohaswrittentome，thatitwillprovetohavebeenonlythevoiceofcautionandexpediency。

EagerlyIawaittheonewordthatwillsetmyheartatpeace。Writeyour"yes"quickly。

Mylovetoyouall，

Max