In 1899 she moved to Aarau, where her brother Albert attended the Kantonsschule and joined the family of the school professor Jost Winteler.

After the death of Maja Einstein's mother in 1920, they moved to Italy and acquired an estate outside Florence in Colonnata (Sesto Fiorentino).

Following the introduction of anti-Semitic laws by Benito Mussolini in Italy, Maja Einstein relocated to the United States in February 1939.

Her husband Paul was denied entry to enter the U.S. for health reasons, and he stayed with relatives in Geneva.

[1] Maja Einstein intended to return home after the end of the Second World War.