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was running, and the radio was on. The incomparable street noise was further amplified by this.
He did not allow a doctor to come to him; he treated himself in his own way, constantly asserting that he knew his organism best and that a doctor could only disturb the balance in his body. During his illness, he remained lucid. He spoke with pain about the misfortune that befell our people. He spoke with anger about Hitler and with contempt about Mussolini. In September 1941, he believed in the unbreakable strength of Soviet Russia. He was horrified by Ustashas crimes and expressed boundless faith in the necessity of a Serbian-Croatian-Slovenian community. He hated chauvinism in all its forms and loved his people and always sought humanity.
When, on January 7, 1943, Kosanovic, with a friend, entered Tesla's room, he found him dead in bed. As early as January 5, Tesla had ordered the servant not to enter the room without being called.
He was solemnly buried. The coffin was carried by the most prominent representatives of science and technology. His body was cremated, and the ashes were interred in a temporary tomb until a decision could be made about a definitive eternal resting place. The well-known friend of our people, LaGuardia, read on the radio the eulogy composed by Louis Adamic.
The daily and professional press carried very extensive and laudatory articles about his significance for human culture and civilization. American writer John O'Neill wrote a book of over 300 pages titled "Prodigal Genius - Nikola Tesla," which was published in 1944 in New York. In it, the work and life of Nikola Tesla are presented in a very popular and interesting way; the author of the book calls him a "superman." The author was one of the few people whom Tesla considered his intimate
