Module: Wissenschaft am Abgrund: Weltkrieg und Revolution
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Slide: World War and Revolution
Branching Point: World War and Revolution
Sequence: 1.0. Ausgestellte Objekte: Weltkrieg und Revolution
Slide: Propaganda Postcards from World War I
Slide: The War of Minds
Slide: Einstein and the Appeal to the Europeans
Slide: Einstein as an Outsider in the War
Slide: Physics and Chauvinism in World War I
Slide: Einstein Gets Involved in the Bund Neues Vaterland
Slide: Einstein’s Friendship with Paul Ehrenfest
Slide: Revolution in Berlin 9 November 1918
Slide: Lecture Notice for Winter Semester 1918/19
Slide: Postcard from Einstein to his Mother
Slide: Einstein Supports Democracy
Slide: Einstein’s Stance on Destitution in Germany after World War I
Slide: Einstein’s Stance on War
Sequence: 2.0. Die Aufrufe
Slide: The War of Minds
Slide: Appeal "To the Civilized World" (excerpts)
Slide: Einstein and the Appeal to the Europeans
Slide: Appeal to the Europeans
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Slide: My Opinion on the War (Excerpts)
Slide: Physics and Chauvinism in World War I
Sequence: 3.0. Der Aussenseiter
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Sequence: 4.0. Die Mitstreiter
Slide: Georg Friedrich Nicolai (1874–1964)
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Sequence: 5.0. Weltkrieg und Revolution im Film
Slide: Einstein and Militarism
Slide: Einstein on Conscientious Objection to Military Service
Slide: The Gas War
Slide: Einstein Stance towards War
Slide: Revolution in Berlin
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Einstein on Conscientious Objection to Military Service
I believe that a refusal on conscientious grounds to serve in the army when called up, if carried out by 50 000 men at the same moment, would be irresistible. The individual can accomplish little here, nor can one wish to see the best among us devoted to destruction at the hands of the machinery behind which stand three great powers: stupidity, fear, and greed.

(from: Ideas and Opinions, p. 109)

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