The confiscation of the property of Professor Albert Einstein was ordered by the secret police under the law authorizing confiscation of property of Communists, it was reported today.
Legal notice of the seizure was served in the official gazette Reichsanzeiger, which listed the possessions of Professor Einstein to be confiscated in favor of the Prussian State.
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