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Message: <blockquote data-quote="topkollek" data-source="post: 30943817" data-attributes="member: 510150">This is a scanned image of a typed letter written by physicist Albert Einstein on April 10, 1948, addressed to Shepard Rifkin, the executive director of the American Friends of the Fighters for the Freedom of Israel (AFFFI). The AFFFI was a U.S.-based fundraising arm for Lehi (Lohamei Herut Yisrael, or Fighters for the Freedom of Israel), a Zionist paramilitary group also known as the Stern Gang, which was active in British Mandatory Palestine during the 1940s. Historical ContextEinstein wrote this letter the day after the Deir Yassin massacre on April 9, 1948, in which members of Lehi and another Zionist paramilitary group, Irgun (led by future Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin), attacked the Palestinian Arab village of Deir Yassin near Jerusalem. Over 100 villagers, including women and children, were killed in the assault, which was part of a broader campaign (known as Plan Dalet) by Zionist forces to secure territory amid the 1947-1949 Palestine war and the impending end of British rule. Authenticity and SignificanceThe letter is widely regarded as authentic, having been auctioned at Sotheby's in 2007 for $10,200 (including fees) and acquired by Deir Yassin Remembered, a nonprofit dedicated to commemorating the massacre. It has been preserved in archives and exhibited at places like the Promised Land Museum (a Jewish museum focused on Palestinian experiences). No credible sources dispute its legitimacy, and it appears in historical collections alongside Einstein's other correspondence on Palestine. grok</blockquote>

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