Albert Einstein arrives in U.S. as refugee from Nazi Germany 80 years ago today (1933)


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(Tuesday, October 17, 1933) — Scientist Albert Einstein arrived in the United States today on board the ocean liner Westmoreland as a refugee from Nazi Germany and took up a position at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey.


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