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By June of that year, Mileva and

Albert would separate. She and the
two boys moved back to Switzerland.

After the breakdown of his
family, Albert focused harder

than ever on his work.
A new center for the

study of physics called
the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for

Physics was supposed to open in 1914, but the
outbreak of World War I (1914–18) put these

plans on hold. When the Institute finally did
open in 1917, Albert was asked to be its

director. He also became the president of the
German Physical Society.

WORLD WAR I

World War I was a global conflict that
lasted from 1914 to 1918. It involved nearly
50 countries and resulted in the death of
more than 41 million people.

Plane used during the war.

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