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Einstein willed that all his scholarly work be archived in Israel's Hebrew University after his death.
 
Einstein willed that all his scholarly work be archived in Israel's Hebrew University after his death.
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Whatever his views on Zionism were, Einstein has always expressed his anti-war views and staunchly opposed nationalism:
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Einstein always expressed his anti-war views and staunchly opposed nationalism:
    
<i>"He who joyfully marches to rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism on command, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so a base of action. It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder."</i>
 
<i>"He who joyfully marches to rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism on command, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so a base of action. It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder."</i>
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[[Category:Physicists]]
 
[[Category:Physicists]]
 
[[Category:German People]]
 
[[Category:German People]]
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[[Category:Zionism]]
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[[Category:Religion and Politics]]
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