 | 'Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this ever
in flesh and blood walked upon this earth.'
Einstein, known to all as a man of physics, was a man of the 1920s,
the age of depression and fascism. Several of his friends and colleagues died in the Holocaust. Pressed by the tragic events,
Einstein became an active anti-Fascist and a permanent champion
of the dispossessed.
Elaborating his vision of 'active pacifism', he said: `As long as armies exist, any serious conflict will lead to war.` He spoke fondly of Gandhi
and his pacifist policies all through his life. |
