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Book/Printed Material Declaration of Intention for Albert Einstein.

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Title

  • Declaration of Intention for Albert Einstein.

Summary

  • In 1936, German-born physicist Albert Einstein filed this Declaration of Intention to become an American citizen. Following the Nazi takeover of political power in Germany in 1933 and the onset of persecution of the German Jews, Einstein renounced his German citizenship and immigrated to the United States to take the position of Professor of Theoretical Physics at Princeton. On the basis of this declaration, the man who had first proposed the theory of relativity in 1905 became a U.S. citizen in 1940.

Names

  • District Court for the Trenton Division of the District of New Jersey, United States Creator.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1936-01-15.

Headings

  • -  United States of America--New Jersey--Trenton
  • -  1936
  • -  Citizenship
  • -  Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955
  • -  Emigration and immigration
  • -  Naturalization
  • -  Physicists
  • -  Scientists

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 document (1 page).
  • -  Original resource at: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
  • -  Content in English.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667583

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

District Court For The Trenton Division Of The District Of New Jersey, United States Creator. Declaration of Intention for Albert Einstein. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, -01-15, 1936] Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667583/.

APA citation style:

District Court For The Trenton Division Of The District Of New Jersey, U. S. C. (1936) Declaration of Intention for Albert Einstein. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, -01-15] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667583/.

MLA citation style:

District Court For The Trenton Division Of The District Of New Jersey, United States Creator. Declaration of Intention for Albert Einstein. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, -01-15, 1936] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667583/>.