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The Einstein-Rupp experiments were proposed in 1926 by Albert Einstein tostudy the wave versus particle nature of light. Einstein presented atheoretical analysis of these experiments to the Berlin Academy together withresults of Emil Rupp, who claimed to have successfully carried them out.However, as the preceding paper has claimed (HSPS 37 Suppl. (2007), 73-121),Rupp's success was the result of scientific fraud. This paper will argue, afterexploring their interpretation, that the experiments were a relevant part ofthe background to such celebrated contributions to quantum mechanics as Born'sstatistical interpretation of the wave function and Heisenberg's uncertaintyprinciple. Yet, the Einstein-Rupp experiments have hardly received attention inthe history of quantum mechanics literature. In part, this is a consequence ofself-censorship in the physics community, enforced in the wake of the Ruppaffair. Self-censorship among historians of physics may however also haveplayed a role.

The interpretation of the Einstein-Rupp experiments and their influence on the history of quantum mechanics