The Einstein Dossiers

Science and Politics - Einstein's Berlin Period with an Appendix on Einstein's FBI File

By: Siegfried Grundmann, Anne Hentschel (Translator)

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Hardcover | 8 December 2005

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In 1919 the Prussian Ministry of Science, Arts and Culture opened a dossier on "Einstein''s Theory of Relativity." It was rediscovered by the author in 1961 and is used in conjunction with numerous other subsequently identified ''Einstein'' files as the basis of this fascinating book. In particular, the author carefully scrutinizes Einstein''s FBI file from 1950-55 against mostly unpublished material from European including Soviet sources and presents hitherto unknown documentation on Einstein''s alleged contacts with the German Communist Party and the Comintern. Siegfried Grundmann''s thorough study of Einstein''s participation on a committee of the League of Nations, based on archival research in Geneva, is also new.

This book outlines Einstein''s image in politics and German science policy. It covers the period from his appointment as a researcher in Berlin to his fight abroad against the "boycott of German science" after World War I and his struggle at home against attacks on "Jewish physics" of which he was made a prime target. An important gap in the literature on Einstein is thus filled, contributing much new material toward a better understanding of Einstein''s so rigorous break with Germany.

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"This book is based on a number of files or 'dossiers' on Einstein that were kept by the Germans during Einstein's Berlin years; his FBI file is also included. ... there are many interesting sidelights on his life. ... The book is well researched and ... it also contains a large number of photos and diagrams. The writing style is easy to read ... . Summing Up: Highly Recommended. General readers; lower-division undergraduates through faculty and researchers." (B. R. Parker, CHOICE, Vol. 43 (10), June, 2006)

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During the Kaiserreich	p. 1
Military power and science - "sturdy pillars of Germany's might"	p. 2
Einstein's path to Berlin	p. 10
World War I	p. 25
Einstein's political stance and activism	p. 25
Appointment as director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Physics	p. 44
On the board of trustees of the Bureau of Standards	p. 48
Upshot	p. 50
Einstein in private - not quite private	p. 52
During the Weimar Republic	p. 55
Boycott of German science	p. 56
World renown	p. 69
Sponsorship - the Einstein Tower	p. 75
The appeal for the "Einstein Donation Fund"	p. 75
Donations for the Einstein Tower	p. 81
A target for right-wing propaganda and violence	p. 91
Emissary and emigre - Einstein's foreign travels	p. 111
Reasons and purposes of Albert Einstein's travels abroad	p. 111
The first excursions after the war - trips to neutral lands	p. 116
The voyage to the United States and England	p. 118
Visiting the French, 1922	p. 129
Japan, Palestine and Spain	p. 142
Sweden and Holland 1923	p. 156
South America	p. 157
Foreign travels 1929-1933	p. 163
Erstwhile Swiss, henceforth Prussian. Einstein's citizenship	p. 168
Einstein's membership in the International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation	p. 175
The founding of the Committee	p. 175
Einstein's appointment to the committee	p. 177
Withdrawal of membership and retraction	p. 183
Einstein's collaboration	p. 187
Einstein's position - an object of desire. Einstein's deputy	p. 190
Einstein's confession	p. 202
The end of Einstein's collaboration - this time irrevocably	p. 206
Albert Einstein/Sigmund Freud: Why war?	p. 217
Parting ways. Einstein and the end of the Weimar Republic	p. 221
Apparently "more tranquil and undisturbed" - Einstein's summer villa	p. 221
Social milieu. Friends and acquaintance	p. 228
Political developments: Republic moves to the right, Einstein to the left	p. 240
The Third Reich	p. 269
Shouts of triumph by a band of murderers	p. 270
Resignation from the Academy of Sciences	p. 281
Expatriation	p. 288
Confiscations	p. 297
Bank account	p. 297
Summer villa	p. 302
Sailboat	p. 310
Any help from Switzerland?	p. 314
Conclusion	p. 317
Einstein's FBI file - reports on Albert Einstein's Berlin period	p. 322
Fact, fiction and lies	p. 334
Streets, places. Einstein's apartment	p. 334
Institutions. The Club of Intellectual Workers	p. 337
Persons: Richard Grosskopf/Helen Dukas	p. 340
What about Einstein himself?	p. 348
The Informant	p. 357
Conclusion	p. 365
Abbreviations	p. 369
List of Figures with Sources	p. 373
Selected Bibliography	p. 377
Notes	p. 391
Bibliographical Name Index	p. 433
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