This is the only book that focuses on the political aspects of Albert Einstein and his work as viewed by various national authorities between the two world wars, contributing much toward a better understanding of Einstein's decisive break with Germany. In particular, the author carefully scrutinizes Einstein's FBI file from 1950-55 against material from European investigative files, and presents hitherto unknown documentation on Einstein's alleged contacts with the German Communist Party and the Comintern. Grundmann's study of Einstein's participation on a committee of the League of Nations, based on archival research in Geneva, is also new.

Only book about Einstein to focus on the political aspects of Einstein and his work as viewed by various national authorities between the two World Wars

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Siegfried Grundmann, geboren 1938, promovierte 1964 am Karl-Sudhoff-Institut für Geschichte der Medizin und der Naturwissenschaften in Leipzig. 1968 bis 1990 war er Dozent und Professor für Soziologie an der Akademie für Gesellschaftswissenschaften in Berlin, 1996 und 1997 sowie 2006 Gastwissenschaftler am Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin. Von ihm sind bisher im Springer Verlag "Einsteins Akte" (1998 und 2004) sowie die englischsprachige Ausgabe "The Einstein Dossiers" (2005 ) und das Buch "Einsteins von den Nazis konfisziertes Eigentum" (2017) erschienen.

Inhalt
Foreword.- The Kaiserreich: Military power and science - 'Sturdy pillars of Germany's greatness'.- Einstein's path to Berlin.- World War I.- Upshot.- Einstein in private not quite in private.- The Weimar Republic: Boycott of German science.- World renown.- Sponsorship the Einstein Tower.- A target for right-wing propaganda and violence.- Emissary and emigré Einstein's foreign travels.- Erstwhile Swiss, henceforth Prussian. Einstein's national citizenship.- Einstein's membership in the International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation.- Parting ways. Einstein and the end of the Weimar Republic.- The Third Reich: Shouts of triumph by a band of murderers.- Resignation from the Academy of Sciences.- Confiscations (bank account, summer villa and sailboat).- Conclusion.- Einstein's FBI file reports on Albert Einstein's Berlin period.- Fact, fiction and lies.- The informant.- Conclusion.