{"id":67,"date":"2021-10-21T11:54:15","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T09:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/testik.de\/einstein-website.de\/en\/?page_id=67"},"modified":"2023-02-25T08:04:22","modified_gmt":"2023-02-25T07:04:22","slug":"credo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/einstein-website.de\/en\/credo\/","title":{"rendered":"Credo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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“The most beautiful and deepest experience a man can have is the sense of the mysterious.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Albert Einstein, “My Credo”, 1932<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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EINSTEIN’S CREDO<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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At the end of August 1932 Einstein wrote “My Credo” in Caputh and read it for a recording by order and to benefit of the German League of Human Rights probably at the end of September\/ beginning of October. The handwritten original manuscript was handed over to Konrad Wachsmann, the architect of his summer house in Caputh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1 The first lines of Einstein\u2018s handwritten draft of his credo, 1932
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The text of Einstein\u2018s credo tells us something about his ideological and political attitude during his last years in Berlin. The spoken word compared to the written word lets you feel the high emotional value and the depth of information of the recording – despite all the technical inadequacies and its shortness. In this recording the great physicist and humanist shows his craving for truth, humanity and peace in an impressive way.
The exact date of the recording is not known today. As Einstein had left Germany in the beginning of December 1932 to hold guest lectures in the U.S., but did not return, the recording must date earlier. Today it is assumed that it was recorded by the end of September\/beginning of October 1932. The record was released around the turn of the year 1932\/1933, presumably with only a low number of copies and a limited distribution. It is also unknown whether an open sale, no sale at all or a sale just during a short period took place. Today this sound document from Einstein has scarcity value indeed.
Correspondence from this time, which could supply more detailed information, is not known. However, it is possible that the corresponding agreements between the German League of Human Rights and Einstein were made by phone or directly. Thus the journalist und publisher Kurt Grossmann (1897-1972), who was born in Berlin, worked as secretary of the German League of Human Rights in Berlin, starting in 1926.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2 Record release \u201cMy Credo\u201c<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Text \/ author:<\/td>Albert Einstein, Berlin \/ Caputh<\/td><\/tr>
Speaker:<\/td>Albert Einstein, Berlin \/ Caputh<\/td><\/tr>
Title:<\/td>Mein Glaubensbekenntnis (My Credo)<\/td><\/tr>
Runtime:<\/td>3′ 58” (3 minutes, 58 seconds), part I 1′ 59”, part II 1′ 59”<\/td><\/tr>
On behalf of:<\/td>German League of Human Rights
Berlin N. 24, Monbijouplatz 10<\/td><\/tr>
Recording date:<\/td>End of September\/beginning of October 1932<\/td><\/tr>
Release date:<\/td>Turn of the year 1932\/1933<\/td><\/tr>
Record company:<\/td>Probably Clausophon<\/em>, Berlin or Orchestrola<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Label codes:<\/td>7782, 7783<\/td><\/tr>
Number of copies:<\/td>low, exact number of copies unknown<\/td><\/tr>
Material of the records:<\/td>Shellac<\/td><\/tr>
Dimensions:<\/td>Diameter: 20 cm, Thickness: 2.5 mm, Centre hole: 7mm<\/td><\/tr>
Speed:<\/td>78 min-1<\/td><\/tr>
Cover:<\/td>Paper, blank<\/td><\/tr>
Number of copies still available today (2022):<\/td>Very few (maybe some 10 copies worldwide!)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sound document:<\/strong><\/span> Albert Einstein – Mein Glaubensbekenntnis (My Credo)<\/strong>, 1932, (in German<\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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