New Letter Shows Einstein Knew Germany Was in Trouble, Long Before Nazis’ Rise
Albert Einstein in 1921.
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Jerusalem (AP) -- More than a decade before the Nazis seized power in Germany, Albert Einstein was on the run and already fearful for his country's future, according to a newly revealed handwritten letter.
His longtime friend and fellow Jew, German Foreign Minister Walther Rathenau, had just been assassinated by right-wing extremists and police had warned the noted physicist that his life could be in danger too.