Sometimes, the Mistakes Come Back to Haunt the Family
T here is a girl, a granddaughter that died by the name of Evelyn Einstein . She was an adopted child at birth in 1941 by Hans and Frieda Einstein, Albert’s son, and daughter-in-law.
Evelyn said as a child that her parents told her that her real birth parents were her grandfather Albert Einstein and a ballet dancer with whom he had an affair.
Evelyn only got to see her “grandfather” infrequently after her family moved to California and grandpa Albert lived in Princeton.
Evelyn had no proof of anything of the sort, but in all the interviews she was subjected to she told the same story. She had been raised by Albert’s son to save the entire Einstein family from being embarrassed.
In another interview that she agreed to, she said: “I am outraged. It is hard for me to grasp that I would be treated as I have, which has been terrible.”
At one time, Evelyn had been married for 13 years to Grover Krantz, an eccentric anthropology professor from America who had become famous while trying to prove that “Bigfoot” did exist.
After her marriage was over, she seemed to hit bottom, and became a ‘dumpster diver,’ looking for her next meal.
When she died, she left behind no survivors. Money does not buy everything if you are never given any part of it or remembered for who you are in the family.
Evelyn had been suffering for several years with diabetes, heart problems, and cancer. Evelyn said that Albert was never any “great being of science,” to Evelyn he was just a plain old grandpa.
Evelyn Einstein was intelligent; she spoke five different languages , and in Medieval Literature, she had a Master’s degree. All she had done with her life was worked as a police officer, cult deprogrammer, and an animal control officer.
Evelyn Einstein was homeless and had to live in her car for months after she went through a bitter divorce and died when she was 70 in Albany, California.
Albert Einstein, one of the world’s genius is considered by some to have been a, well, “pervert.” Maybe one should say he enjoyed sexual conquests and thought about it all the time.
I guess what caused him to be looked upon by some as a pervert was because he was so brazen about it with his wives. At one time he would have six girlfriends and would tell his wife how they were always showering him with what he called “unwanted” affection, according to some of his letters.
It is hard to believe that it was “unwanted” affection on his part since he bragged about it so much. He wore all of it like a badge of honor, never giving it a second thought that someone may only be interested in him for his money or his fame and that in truth, his wrinkled clothes and unkempt appearance for most women would be a completeturn off?
Albert spent little time at home, but he was continually writing letters to his family. He would tell them all about his day, his discoveries and the people he had met and the new things he had seen.
The letters that were released in the 80s prove that when he was married to his second wife, who was his first cousin, he was cheating on her with his then secretary, Betty Neumann, and many others we are sure.
In his letters, Albert would tell about six women that he would spend time with and those who would bring him presents while he was married to his second wife.
These letters did not come to light until 1986 as his step-daughter Margot requested that they not be released until she had been dead for 20 years. One could not blame her.
Einstein identified that some of the women included an Ethel, Estella, a Toni and his “Russian Spy Lover,” Margarita. He refers to some of the others only by their initials, such as L and M.
Albert said in the letters that it was true M. had even followed him to England and the fact that her stalking me is getting way out of control. He went on to tell Margot that of all his dames, he was only attached to Mrs. L, and she is decent and harmless.
He sent Margot another letter, and Albert asked her to pass on a note to Margarita, to stop providing inquisitive eyes with little tidbits.
Barbara Wolff of the Hebrew University revealed that the M was a Berlin debutante Ethel Michanowski and she and Albert were involved during the 1920’s and ‘30s. Wolff said it was an affair, but the only other information she would reveal was that M. was 15 years younger than Albert and was very helpful to his stepdaughters.
In one of his letters to Elsa, he even opened up and said he thought that he was about fed up with his “theory of relativity ” because when you are involved in something like that so much, even that interest will fade.
The newly found letters also tell the real story about Einstein’s money from the 1921 Nobel Prize . There was that niggling little term of his divorce that the entire sum would be deposited into a Swiss bank account, and Maric could draw on the interest for her, Eduard, and Hans Albert to live on.
But what did Albert do? He invested most it in the United States and then lost most of it in the Depression. Go, Einstein! And, I mean GO Einstein! A man who has an IQ of 160 and does not evaluate the monetary situation before his investment, does leave one wondering. Did he not have a financial advisor? Why did he not obligate his agreement with his first wife?(This is the second version found in the research.)
It made Maric mad, and she felt betrayed, and she had every right to feel that way as Albert did not stick to his part of the bargain making her continually have to ask him for money.
In the end, he did give her more money than he had won with the Nobel Prize. The prize itself, in 1921, was worth $28,000, and in today’s money, it would be $280,000.
Today, Albert’s womanizing is over, but his image and name still draw almost ten million dollars a yearand all that goes to research and scholarships at the Israeli University.