Have you heard about all the scientists in the U.S. who’ve gone missing or have died mysteriously in the past few years? Yes, finally a source for new conspiracy theories. Even the FBI has started a related investigation because there’s concern that this could represent a problem for national security. These scientists are involved primarily in projects related to nuclear and/or aerospace research. And, apparently, the Chinese are experiencing the same problem as several top Chinese scientists have mysteriously died (see links below).
Remember Hitchcock’s film, “Torn Curtain” (1966) with Paul Newman playing an American scientist who pretends to defect to East Germany in an attempt to steal a nuclear formula from another scientist there? Or Project Paperclip, an American government program that, in order to exploit the military knowledge of German and Austrian scientists, sponsored their post WWII immigration to the U.S.
The main theory as to why these scientists are disappearing is that rival powers are trying to prohibit Americans from making further technological advancements. And apparently some of these rival powers come from far away—space. Yes, some theorists claim that aliens are afraid that humans will catch up with them re: technology. Then aliens would lose their privileged position that’s privileged simply because they are technologically more advanced.
Knowledge is power.
On Liberation Day, we went to Feltrinelli’s. Although we have a nice bookstore in our neighborhood, Feltrinelli’s has more of a buzz. Plus, I enjoy the international section because there’s always something on display to provoke me. This time it was a book by Thomas Harding, “The Einstein Vendetta”.
Albert Einstein and Robert Einstein were cousins. Their fathers, Hermann and Jacob respectively, were brothers and, for a while, business partners in an electrical engineering company. The two families lived in the same building in Munich which meant they spent considerable time together. Albert, older by four years, and Robert lived in the same place for 11 years.
In 1894, the Einstein brothers fell into a deep financial calamity. The brothers then decided to close down their business in Munich and start all over again in Milan where, once again, their families lived together. But the business went bankrupt and the brothers decided it was time to go separate ways. Albert’s father set up a business in Milan but Robert’s dad wound up in Genova. Robert fell in love with Italy and its lifestyle and wanted to stay. After his father’s death, Robert moved to Rome where he met Nina Mazzetti, his future wife.
The couple married in 1913. But a short time after the wedding, Robert decided to return to Germany as Germany had declared war on Russia and Robert felt obliged to enlist in the army Enlisted, he spent the next 12 months in the trenches. Albert, on the other hand, was now a Swizz citizen and, despite the fact that he was working in Berlin, he didn’t feel the need to enlist.
After the war, Robert’s Italian wife wanted to go back home. So the couple left war-torn Germany and returned to Italy where they eventually bought a farm in Tuscany with a villa, Il Focardo. Here they raised not only their own two daughters but the daughters of Nina’s brother as well. And all would have been a Happily Ever After story had it not been for fascists and nazis and their obsession with war.
It’s known that Hitler absolutely despised Einstein calling the scientist a public enemy and a degenerate. As a Jewish scientist, Einstein was targeted by the nazis. His books were burned and his property seized. That’s why Albert renounced his German citizenship and moved to the States as did his sister, his second wife, and his eldest son. His first wife, Mileva, and their youngest son lived in Switzerland.
Albert, knowing that he was targeted, had moved himself and his immediate family out of Germany so they couldn’t be harmed. This meant that Hitler had to arrive at hurting Einstein in another way and did so by targeting his cousin, Robert, who was living in fascist Italy. When Robert understood that the nazis were looking for him, he went hiding in the woods (like Alberto Moravia) leaving his wife and children at Il Focardo. The nazis arrived at Il Focardo looking for Robert and, not finding him, viciously murdered his wife and children. When Robert found out, he went wacko with grief. Luckily, the allies arrived and, initially, were determined that reparations were needed and began investigating not only the slaughter of Robert’s family but the terrifying murders of so many other victims of war as well. A year after his wife’s and daughters’ death, unable to deal with the grief, Robert committed suicide.
So, if you were a scientist, would you rather be abducted by an alien or by a Nazi?
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Appropriations for AI will be jinxed.
Related:
Mileva Maric’ + The Empty Page + Feltrinelli’s Zhivago
FBI investigating deaths and disappearances of staff at secretive government laboratories + FBI is investigating cases of 10 scientists ‘who have died or mysteriously vanished,’ including two in Mass +
Mystery Over 8 Missing or Dead Scientific Experts + Who are the UFO scientists in focus? Full list of experts dead or missing +
It’s not just America; China’s top scientists are dying mysteriously, and nobody is talking + 20 scientists die or vanish across US, China: What’s happening? + 19 US and Chinese top scientists dead or missing under mysterious circumstances +
The Murder of Robert Einstein’s Family: Tragedy, Trauma, and the Aftermath + Robert Einstein’s Suicide +
The Narrative Within 