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unpublished material from European including Soviet sources and presents hitherto unknown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.
