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Young Einstein
Albert Einstein was born in southern Germany. The city he was born in was Ulm. His parents, Hermann and Pauline Koch Einstein were Jewish. -
Marriage & Son
Albert Einstein married Mileva Marić in 1903. They both had a son they named Hans Albert Einstein in 1904. -
Divorce & Remarry
Albert Einstein divorced Mileva Marić in 1919. Einstein quickly remarried in the same year, marrying Elsa Löwenthal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein -
Mother's Death
In 1920, Albert Einstein's mother, Pauline Koch Einstein, was dying. She moved into her son's apartment, and died March of 1920. -
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Nobel Prize
Albert Einstein won his Nobel prize in 1922, because of his paper (published in 1905) entitled, "Concerning a Heuristic Point of View about the Creation of Transformation and Light". -
Home
Einstein lived in a simple home, from 1935 up to his death. The address was 112 Mercer Street in Princeton, New Jersey. -
The Warning
In 1939, during the start of World War II, Einstein wrote a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt warning that Germany might develop nuclear weapons, and suggested that the US should start developing their own. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein%E2%80%93Szil%C3%A1rd_letter -
German to American
Since Adolf Hitler began to rise to power, Albert Einstein fled to the United States and became an American citizen. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein -
Death
Albert Einstein had internal bleeding, and refused having surgery. Short before his death he said, "I want to go when I want. It is tasteless to prolong life artificially. I have done my share, it is time to go. I will do it elegantly." He died at age 76. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein#Death
