April 18, 1955 –
Nobel Prize recipient Albert Einstein died in his hospital bed from a ruptured aortic aneurysm on this date.
Seven hours later, Dr. Thomas Harvey, chief pathologist at Princeton Hospital, performed Albert Einstein’s autopsy. He removed the brain and took it home. Thus began a 40 year journey of “They Stole Einstein’s Brain“.
The Haus of Dcaligari 