Wouldn't you rather go somewhere that wasn't imminently about to be invaded by the Nazis? Beyond that, he didn't intend to emigrate to the US when he went there: Hitler was appointed chancellor while Einstein was touring in the United States and he elected not to return to Germany.
So why did he go to the US rather than the Soviet Union?
Wouldn't you rather go somewhere that wasn't imminently about to be invaded by the Nazis? Beyond that, he didn't intend to emigrate to the US when he went there: Hitler was appointed chancellor while Einstein was touring in the United States and he elected not to return to Germany.