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educational research
center being set up in
Princeton, New Jersey.
It was called the
Institute for Advanced
Study, or “IAS” for
short, and it would
be dedicated to Institute for Advanced Study
international scientific
research. Albert was asked to be part of this
exciting new program, and he was considering
the position.
He had planned to divide his time between
Germany and Princeton. However, everything
changed in early 1933, when Hitler began
forcing Jews out of academic posts and
forbidding them from holding other important
positions. Then the Nazis froze Albert’s bank
account and seized his property in Caputh. For
Albert, that was the last straw. He resigned his
membership from the Prussian Academy of
Sciences—even though it was one of the most
prestigious academies in the world. The Nazis
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