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[...]... Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, which responded with a public statement: “We have no reason to regret Einstein s resignation The Academy is aghast at his agitation activities abroad Its members have always felt in themselves a profound loyalty to the Prussian state Even though they have kept apart from all party politics, yet they have always emphasized their loyalty to the national idea.” Einstein. .. that the mass of an atom might also hold a great amount of energy But Einstein did not feel that he bore a special responsibility for the atomic bomb because of his theories Years after the war had ended, when the ban on publication of pictures related to the bombing in Hiroshima and Nagasaki was lifted in 1952, the editor of a magazine in Japan, Katsu Hara, asked Einstein about his role Einstein replied... followed World War II, Einstein repeatedly stated his beliefs that amassing weapons was more likely to lead to conflict than to peace After the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan, it became clear that the devastating effect of nuclear weapons demanded a new theory of military strategy Instead of using armies to actively defeat a foe, nations could now merely threaten other nations into submission... the remain impotent world Einstein disagreed He said Einstein, “Active Pacifism,” in that building more weapons would Ideas and Opinions never lead to greater peace, and Atomic Bomb 9 he often spoke out against what he saw as an excuse for a nation’s violent nature He described the arms race as having assumed a “hysterical character” and that it did nothing more than hasten the chances of mass destruction... Oppenheimer, who has been accused of anti-Americanism by Senator McCarthy 1955 Einstein s last scientific paper, A new form of the general relativistic field equations,” co-authored with Bruria Kaufman, appears in The Annals of Mathematics Einstein s last political statement, the Russell -Einstein manifesto, speaks out against the arms race On March 15, Einstein dies of a ruptured aneurysm 1965 Einstein s... German who had died in World War I Lenard insisted that if accurate “racial knowledge” had been disseminated earlier, everyone 6 Anti-Semitism would have known relativity was a deception from the beginning simply because Einstein was a Jew Joining Lenard in speaking out against Einstein was another German, Paul Weyland Weyland claimed to be the head of an organization called the Study Group of German... the letter and gave it to Szilard to relay to the queen via the American State Department But Szilard rethought the idea and, after speaking to presidential advisers, returned to Einstein s beach house Szilard believed the person who really needed to know about the possibilities of a uranium bomb was the president of the United States Szilard and Einstein wrote another letter, this one to Franklin Roosevelt... 24, 1920, Weyland and Lenard gathered a large crowd for a lecture against Einstein in Berlin’s Concert Hall Einstein, against the advice of his friends, attended, sitting in the balcony where he seemed to be paying rapt attention and occasionally laughing at the speaker Weyland claimed that the theory of relativity was merely a mass hypnosis of the public and was anathema to “pure” German thought Despite... be in the United States at the time, and he immediately renounced his German citizenship and spoke out against the Nazi 8 Arms Race Party Nazi revenge was swift All of Einstein s German property was seized and, in May, Einstein s books were burned at a public bonfire Einstein s photograph appeared in a list of Nazi enemies with the caption “Noch Ungehäängt” (not yet hanged) Einstein also renounced his... great number of appeals and proclamations His last public act, published posthumously, was to sign his name to the Russell -Einstein manifesto, urging the United States and the USSR toward restraint in the arms race Despite his horror of a weapon capable of such mass destruction, Einstein did not see the atomic bomb as something fundamentally new—merely a more powerful tool to aid mankind’s penchant . because Einstein was a Jew. Joining Lenard in speaking out against Einstein was another German, Paul Weyland. Weyland claimed to be the head of an organ- ization called the Study Group of German. seemed to be paying rapt attention and occasionally laughing at the speaker. Weyland claimed that the theory of relativity was merely a mass hypnosis of the public and was anathema to “pure” German thought. Despite. repeatedly stated his beliefs that amassing weapons was more likely to lead to conflict than to peace. After the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan, it became clear that the devastating