Albert Einstein, Nobel Prize in Physics 1921

Customer Service C G

8/30/2023 at 5:31 AM

Albert Einstein is known to have had no middle name. "Abraham" removed.

Emil Eskenazy Lewinger, (C) C

8/30/2023 at 6:26 AM

Maybe it was the jewish name gaven in his circuncision? Does any one know about this?

Randy Schoenberg C

8/30/2023 at 9:17 AM

I was thinking the same thing. My grandfather Arnold had the Hebrew name Abraham written on his birth record. Not sure where to find the birth records from Ulm.

Randy Schoenberg C

8/30/2023 at 9:53 AM

Sure enough. Hebrew name was אַבְרָהָם = Abraham

https://www2.landesarchiv-bw.de/ofs21/bild_zoom/zoom.php

Randy Schoenberg C

8/30/2023 at 10:00 AM

https://www.geni.com/photo/view?album_type=photos_of_me&id=4481345450320047133&photo_id=6000000197761944823&position=0

Mike Stangel G

8/30/2023 at 12:09 PM

Interesting... I was asked to fix this by the boss. Let me take this back to him.

Mike Stangel G

8/30/2023 at 12:15 PM

Randy Schoenberg is the landesarchiv-bw site where that photo came from, or is it another source? (link not working for me)

Mike Stangel G

8/30/2023 at 1:43 PM

Gilad's response was that he believes that means אַבְרָהָם should be his Hebrew first name, not middle name. Of course there could be practical matters at hand, too -- if he was known as אלברט איינשטיין once he became famous then we would want to continue to document that (perhaps in addition to אַבְרָהָם ?) I'll leave it to you to put it back as you see fit, but I don't think there's any value in putting "Abraham" in the English fields.

Private User

8/30/2023 at 3:34 PM

Why would He have a certain extra Hebrew name when his parents wasn´t religous, there would not be any circumcision or any bar mitzvah, Wake up!

Private User

8/30/2023 at 3:48 PM

Albert Einstein As indicated previously, the name Abraham was not used by Albert Einstein in official/legal documents (including his marriage certificate to Elsa Einstein Lowenthal, Declaration of Intent, and US Naturalization document) although it may be his Jewish name.

Private User

8/30/2023 at 5:50 PM

Below is a permalink to the first of two images that contain Albert Einstein's birth record, showing Avraham as his Hebrew name and that (despite his family not being especially religiously observant) he was circumcised by a Mr. Strauss in Laupheim

The archival reference is Landesarchiv Baden Württemberg, Hauptstaatsarchiv Stuttgart, J 386 Bü 596, Ulm, Folio 52, Record 7 (Images 105-106 of 134) | : http://www.landesarchiv-bw.de/plink/?f=1-446818-105

Private User

8/31/2023 at 10:00 AM

Thank you Lisa.
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Albert Einstein, Nobel Prize in Physics 1921 - Removed middle name

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