Albert Einstein’s address at the dinner sponsored in his honour by the Jewish Council for Russian War Relief, on October 25, 1942, at the Hotel Commodore, New York
Posted by: John Phoenix
As friends of human progress, as Americans, and not least as Jews, we have the very strongest reasons for giving our utmost to the struggle of the Russian people for freedom.
Let us be clear at the outset. For many years our press has misled us about the achievements of the Russian people and their government. But today, everybody knows that Russia has worked and is working for the advancement of science with the same zeal as our own country. And by what she has achieved in this war, she has made it no less plain that she has done great things in all industrial and technical fields. From rudimentary beginnings, the tempo of her development in the last 25 years has been tremendous that it has scarcely a parallel in history. It would be false to conside...










