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Helen Dukas (17 October 1896 – 10 February 1982) was Albert Einstein's secretary. She also co-authored Viking Press, 1972, 272 pages. and co-edited Albert Einstein: The Human Side Albert Einstein: The Human Side, Princeton University Press, 1979, 167 pages. with Banesh Hoffmann. Dukas was one of two trustees chosen by Einstein, according to his Last Will and Testament, to hold the literary rights to all of his manuscripts, copyrights, publication rights, royalties, and royalty agreements. The other trustee was the economist Otto Nathan.Bernstein, Jeremy (6 July 1987) "Einstein when young." New Yorker. Vol. 63, Issue 20. Stable URL. In short, Dukas and Nathan were the "executors of his literary heritage." They collaborated on the compilation of The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, using documents that were subsequently donated to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Einstein and Dukas were subjected to intrusive surveillance by the Federal Bureau of Investigation under J. Edgar Hoover.Dennis Overbye (7 May 2002) "New Details Emerge From the Einstein Files." The New York Times. Vol. 151, Issue 52111, page D1. Stable URL The Einstein File: J. Edgar Hoover's Secret War Against the World's Most Famous Scientist, by Fred Jerome. Published by St. Martin's Press, 2002, 358 pages.
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