Albert Einstein - Famous Physicist and Refugee
Albert Einstein was famous German physicist who became famous for his theory of relativity which he published in the early 20th century. His work was seen as Jewish propaganda and in the 1930s Einstein had to flee Nazi Germany. After arriving in the United States, he became professor at Princeton University and played an important role in the creation of nuclear weapons, to which he was later opposed . He also fought for the rights of European refugees.
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