Just like with his first wife, Albert’s enchantment with Elsa turned to detachment. He had affairs with a number of young women.Once during their marriage, Elsa discovered that Albert had had a brief affair with Ethel Michanowski, one of her friends. Albert wrote to Elsa in regards to the affairs simply stating, “one should do what one enjoys, and won’t harm anyone else.”Elsa’s children from her first marriage allegedly viewed Albert as a “father figure,” but he also developed an infatuation with her eldest daughter, Ilse.
