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Headline: Einstein Will Live At Ostend

Publication Date: Saturday, April 1, 1933
Historical Event: Albert Einstein Quits Germany, Renounces Citizenship
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Article Type: News Article
Newspaper: The Newark Advocate and American Tribune
Location: Newark, Ohio
Page Section and Number: 2
Author/Byline: AP
Article Text: Brussels, April 1.—(AP)—Reports of treatment inflicted on his married daughter in Germany caused Professor Albert Einstein, world-famous physicist, to resolve to give up his German nationality, it was learned today.

Professor Einstein and his wife are taking quarters in a quiet villa at Coq Sur Mer, near Ostend.

A raid by Nazis in Germany on the home there of Professor Einstein was reported some days ago. No mention was made of his married daughter.

German Jews, fearing an outbreak [of] anti-semitism in Germany, bought a large estate near Ostend as a refuge early in 1932.

The home of Professor Einstein at Caputh, Germany, was searched for arms and ammunition by Nazis and police March 20. The searchers found nothing. The Jewish scientist has been attacked as an internationalist in speeches by Nazi leaders.

A few days ago he took steps to denounce the Prussian citizenship which was conferred on him in 1914 then he accepted a position in the Prussian academy of sciences. He vas born in Ulm, Germany, but his family shortly thereafter moved to Switzerland. He had been a citizen of that country.

Before leaving the United States early last month, Dr. Einstein said he would never set foot on Germany while the Hitler regime ruled.
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