4 6 6 I N D E X Belke, Rudolf, 26 Bentwitch, N., 379 Berger, Julius (1862–1943), job offer for Hans Albert, 182, 186 Bergmann, Hugo (1883–1975), 379, 387 Bergson, Henri, chairman of ICIC, 111 Berliner, Arnold (1862–1942), 457 “moral vein” of, AE admires, 365 Bernhard, Georg, 26 Bernhardy, Werner, 26 Bernstein, Herman (1876–1935), 125 AE on, 444 Besso, Marco (1922–1995), 11, 141 Besso, Michele (1873–1955), 5 AE admires for not becoming grumpier with age, 338 AE concerned about, 452 AE meets in Visp, 46 AE vacations with in Saint Maurice and Berisal, 71, 400 on being AE’s audience in 1904 and 1905, 141 birthday greetings and reminiscences, 400 AE thanks for, 416 concerned about Hans Albert Einstein, 142 on Einstein 1927i and 1927j, 38 expresses gratitude to AE, 141 failed doctoral dissertation, 141 on his assisting AE in work on quantum prob- lem, 141 on his personality, 142 on initiating AE’s friendship with Planck, 141 on role played in dissolution of AE’s marriage to Mileva, 141 Besso, Tycho (1924–2008), 141 Besso, Vero (1898–1971), 11 Besso-Winteler, Anna (1872–1944), 38, 142, 339, 441 Bethe, Hans (1906–2005), substitutes for Lanczos in Frankfurt, 277 Bethlen, István, 153 Bezzola, Dumeng, 157, 169 treating Ilse, 223 Bialik, Chaim Nachman, 379 Bible, one of AE’s favorite books, 21 Bieber, Siegfried (1873–1960), 414 Bieberbach, Ludwig G. (1886–1982), 310, 364 Bieber-Postolka, Josephine (1874–1970), 414 Bier, August (1861–1949), 36 Bildt, Paul, 26 Billig, L., 379 Binding, Rudolf G., 26 Biram, Arthur (1878–1967), 144 Bircher-Benner, Maximilian (1867–1939), 171 Blackie & Son, wants permission to publish translations of AE papers, 463 Blumenfeld, Kurt (1884–1963), 407, 408 birthday greetings, 408 role in evoking awareness of Jewish identity, AE on, 407 Blumenthal, Otto, 313 Bluntschli, Hans, 26 Bobtelski, M., 379 Bodenheimer, F. S., 379 Boehn, Kurt von, 26 Bohr, Harald (1887–1951), 309, 310 Bohr, Niels (1885–1962), 28, 200 AE recommends paper of, 185 paper on quantum theory, 28 Schrödinger sends letter from, 199 criticizes, 200 Bologna, AE visits, 9 Bonhoeffer, Karl F. (1899–1957), 397 Borel, Émile (1871–1956), 380, 388 Born, Max (1882–1970), 86, 458 AE nominates for Nobel Prize, 269 Elsa on, 458 See also Mathematische Annalen, conflict in editorial board of Born-Ehrenberg, Hedwig, 310 visits Einsteins, 458 Bornstein, Josef, 26 Bortolotti, Enea, 456 Bose, A. M., AE on outlook on life of, 397 Böß, Gustav (1873–1946), 454 Bothe, Walther (1891–1957), 78, 147 candidate for chair in Zurich, 78 AE on, 86 Brauer, Theodor (1880–1942), AE apologizes