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Albert did this by

enrolling in a secondary
school in Aarau,

Switzerland. During this
time, he was allowed to

stay at the home of one
of the school’s teachers,

Jost Winteler, and he got
along very well with the

Jost Winteler taught young entire Winteler family.
Albert history and Greek. It was one of the happiest

times of Albert’s childhood.
When he completed his studies in Aarau, he

returned to his own family feeling more positive
and upbeat than he had in years.

Albert enrolled in the Swiss Federal
Polytechnic School in the fall of 1896. In spite

of his time spent in Aarau, he still wasn’t
really qualified to attend—he was only 17,

and you had to be 18 to be accepted into
Swiss Federal. But they accepted him anyway

because it had become clear by this point
that Albert had a very special mind.

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