'Obliged to speak up'

Page from a 1921 speech that Einstein delivered in Berlin tracing the history of German Jewry and calling for the settlement of Jews in what then was the British Mandate for Palestine.

Earlier, Einstein faced criticism in Germany after touring the U.S. to raise funds for the Hebrew University. At the time, another German-Jewish scientist, Fritz Bauer, accused Einstein of disloyalty. But Einstein was having none of it:

"Despite my declared international mentality, I do still always feel obliged to speak up for my persecuted and morally oppressed fellow clansmen, as far as it is within my powers ... this involves an act of loyalty far more than one of disloyalty."

Years later, Einstein would be offered the presidency of the state of Israel in 1952 but turned it down.