ABSTRACT
Max Wertheimer had attained a professorship at a major German university fairly late in his life—and he was soon deprived of this post by the Nazis. When Wertheimer arrived in the United States, the universities, like the rest of the country, were staggering under the greatest economic depression in American history. The house at 12 The Circle, New Rochelle, in which Wertheimer was to live during the last ten years of his life, was appropriate to his and his family's needs. Sometimes Wertheimer would pose thought problems to the other diners at the table, both adult and child, and would gently guide the problem solvers to the solution with a succession of hints if they were unable to solve the problems on their own. Everyday life in the Wertheimer home was not without its emergencies. On one occasion, Max managed to avert what might have been a major catastrophe.
