civilizing power of science. Helmholtz was born in Potsdam, the son of the local gymnasium headmaster, Ferdinand Helmholtz, who had studied classical philology
Anna von Wulffen. In 1885, he came to Potsdam and attended the Viktoria-Gymnasium, today Helmholtz-GymnasiumPotsdam [de]. After graduating from high school
today Helmholtz-GymnasiumPotsdam [de], until 1923. He left school early to complete a commercial apprenticeship in Görlitz. When he returned to Potsdam after
of Königsberg was transferred to the Soviet Union according to the 1945 Potsdam Agreement, and renamed Kaliningrad in 1946. The Albertina was closed and