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Einstein immigration papers discovered

Immigration documents relating to Albert Einstein鈥檚 escape from Nazi Germany have today gone on show at the UK Border Agency National Museum.

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After nearly 80 years stored away, the card signed by Einstein on arrival at Dover from Belgium in 1933, was discovered by curators visiting UK Border Agency offices at Heathrow.

Assistant curator Lucy Gardner said: 鈥榃e didn鈥檛 know this landing card ever existed until we visited UK Border Agency officers at Heathrow.

鈥榃e were keen on acquiring any documents relating to immigration but were stunned to find paperwork relating to such a prominent historical figure as Albert Einstein.鈥�

鈥楨nemy of the regime鈥�

Einstein fled from his native Germany when Adolf Hitler came to power.

The scientist, who was Jewish, arrived in England while a bounty had been put on his head by the Nazis who named him an enemy of the regime.

The card, lists Einstein鈥檚 nationality as Swiss, having renounced his German citizenship only weeks earlier in angry reaction to Nazi policies.

Landing cards were completed by all passengers arriving in Britain.

The card has gone on show today at the UK Border Agency National Museum in .

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Published 10 May 2011