ALS signed "Chaim," one page both sides, 6 x 8, Dorchester Hotel, London letterhead, October 22, 1939. Letter to "My Dearest Chilok," in part: "I assume that you have received my letter, also the £50 which I have sent for Feiwel. He had money until end of Oct. this should bring him up until January. Before I leave I propose to send him for another 5 months, because I believe I might not be back until end of March. Am leaving here about middle of Nov. and we shall probably visit both North & South A., also Canada. This ought to take me about 4 months with the journey…but of course it is premature to make any plans now with an ever changing crazy world…There is not very much new here. Michael has already left us; he is somewhere in England and will probably remain the best part of the winter. Benji may go any day and we old people are setting out on a long journey. I was very sorry to hear of your illness and I hope that you will soon recover your health and spirits; one has to keep one's head now with all the horrible troubles in the world…Mr Blumenfeld's two sons in Paris have also gone—and they too are left by themselves. Blumenfeld is working hard on some industrial war problems and we are doing some of the things together. My love to all of you. My address in the States is for the time being: 111, Fifth Avenue (American Zionist Organization), but you might give your letters to the Agency in Jerusalem and they will forward them…Love from Vera!" In fine condition, with some light wrinkling. After the start of World War II in 1939, Weizmann began research on synthetic rubber and high octane gasoline, and served as an honorary advisor to the British Ministry of Supply. It was perhaps in this role that he references the "industrial war problems" he was working to solve. The "ever changing crazy world" Weizmann references was soon to worsen and his comment that one of his children "has already left us" would take on a darker meaning within a few years; in 1942, Weizmann's youngest son, 25-year-old Royal Air Force Flight Lieutenant Michael Weizmann, was killed when his plane was shot down over the Bay of Biscay. A prophetic letter from the Zionist leader.
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