【全国英语等级考试四级】Unit 5 Great man I- passage (4/5)

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Unit 5 Great man I- passage (4/5)
        Hints:
        Albert Einstein
        World War I
        Director of The oretical Physics
        Kaiser Wilhelm Institute
        Nobel Prize
        Berlin
        Einstein Tower
        Adolph Hitler
        Nazis
         
During the years following World War I, Germany heaped honors upon Einstein. He was made Director of The oretical Physics at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute, and also an honorary citizen. He won the Nobel Prize for physics in 1921. An Einstein Tower was built. Berlin even held public celebration on his 50th birthday. Being a shy man, Einstein did not attend,but he received numerous gifts expressing admiration and best wishes.
Four years later, Adolph Hitler came to power in Germany. He and his Nazis disliked intellectuals, and they hated Jews. Even Albert Einstein who never got involved in politics and whoonly wanted to continue his research, lost his professorship; all his property was seized; and finally his German citizenship was taken away.
Upon leaving Germany, Einstein went first to France, then to Belgium and then to England.