Monday, October 17, 2011

Did you know...
... that today is Here's Albert Day? On this day in 1933,
Albert Einstein arrived in the United States as a refugee from
Nazi Germany. In 1933, Einstein -- already a prominent German
scientist -- was accused of treason by the Third Reich, and
his books were burned. He sought refuge in the United States and then used his influence and financial resources to obtain visas for other refugees.

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