Einstein, who was in California when Hitler came to power, quickly understood the danger. In an interview on March 10, 1933, Einstein said: “As long as the possibility remains open to me, I will live only in a country in which political freedom, tolerance, and equality of all citizens before the law prevail. The freedom of oral and written expression of political conviction constitutes a part of political freedom; respect for the convictions of an individual a part of tolerance. These conditions are not fulfilled at present in Germany. There, those who have especially served the cause of
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