# #Mon Aug 09 12:15:17 CEST 2010 Text__APbcMKOfEd-WfYQ0GneCwQ_title=Einstein Praises and Encourages Thomas Mann for Taking a Stance against National Socialism Text__APbcMKOfEd-WfYQ0GneCwQ_text=
In spring 1933, Einstein spends time in Belgium after returning to the United States.
Three weeks before composing this letter, scientists are ousted from their positions for being Jewish and/or politically undesirable.
Thomas Mann turns his back on Germany and goes into exile in France. Later, as a guest professor at Princeton University (until 1940) he lives in Einstein\u2019s immediate vicinity
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