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  2. Political views of Albert Einstein - Wikipedia

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    Born in Ulm, Einstein was a German citizen from birth. As he grew older, Einstein's pacifism often clashed with the German Empire's militant views at the time. At the age of 17, Einstein renounced his German citizenship and moved to Switzerland to attend college. The loss of Einstein's citizenship allowed him to avoid service in the military ...

  3. Solvay Conference - Wikipedia

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    The third Solvay Conference on Physics was held in April 1921, soon after World War I.Most German scientists were barred from attending. In protest at this action, Albert Einstein, although he had renounced German citizenship in 1901 and become a Swiss citizen (in 1896, he renounced his German citizenship, and remained officially stateless before becoming a Swiss citizen in 1901), [3] [4 ...

  4. Albert Einstein - Wikipedia

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    Albert Einstein (/ ˈ aɪ n s t aɪ n /, EYEN-styne; [4] German: [ˈalbɛʁt ˈʔaɪnʃtaɪn] ⓘ; 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who is best known for developing the theory of relativity.

  5. Letter shows a fearful Einstein long before Nazis' rise - AOL

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  6. February 1901 - Wikipedia

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    In Zürich, German-born physicist Albert Einstein became a citizen of Switzerland. [113] In 1922, the Swiss legation to Berlin would respond to an inquiry and notify Germany's Federal Foreign Office that Einstein had renounced his German citizenship. [114]

  7. Portal:1920s/Selected biography - Wikipedia

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    Born in the German Empire, Einstein moved to Switzerland in 1895, forsaking his German citizenship (as a subject of the Kingdom of Württemberg) the following year. In 1897, at the age of seventeen he enrolled in the mathematics and physics teaching diploma program at the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich , graduating in 1900.

  8. More Americans are renouncing their citizenship: Here’s who ...

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    According to a 2020 survey of government data, 5,816 Americans renounced their citizenship in the first half of that year, a more than 10-fold increase from the last six months of 2019. The IRS ...

  9. Tina Turner reveals why she lived in Switzerland after ...

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    A clip of Tina Turner explaining why she renounced US citizenship and moved to Europe has resurfaced following her death. Speaking during a CNN interview in February 1997, the iconic singer ...