• Flying Squid
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    29 months ago

    And in order to leave the American embassy, Einstein had to cross German soil. He was allowed to because he was granted asylum.

      • Flying Squid
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        29 months ago

        Weird, because William H. Geist famously refused to give Einstein a visa and public outcry forced him to flip on that. And then he was taken to the U.S.

        Do you think the plane took off from the embassy?

        • @Rapidcreek
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          29 months ago

          I think Einstein didn’t have a warrant out for his arrest.

          • Flying Squid
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            09 months ago

            True. He was just Jewish. And yet the Germans let him leave anyway. You do know that they didn’t let any Jew who wanted to leave without a visa, right?