From Europe to Mexico

Nobody wanted Retinger. He had to leave Europe. His world had collapsed. Political dreams were dashed in the formation, and his personal life disintegrated. He claimed he had suffered a heart-attack, perhaps more than one. ¹ Understandably, his general health deteriorated alarmingly. Even his personal life was in ruins. A year before he had begun an affair with the bizarre Jane Anderson an American journalist and adventuress. Anderson had, rumor suggests, at least a virtual affair with Conrad at about the same time. This resulted in damage to Conrad’s own less than blissful marriage and an obvious strain on the Conrad-Retinger friendship. In the midst of this romantic farrago, Retinger’s wife had a baby; the marriage ended not long thereafter.