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Einstein has good reason to believe that indeed nothing had changed with his national affiliation and that his “engagement is of a thoroughly unique nature and does not fall under any government-position category”. Time and again, he, too, stresses that he is a Swiss citizen. His alien status is not just respected during these years, it is in fact welcomed as a justification for not withdrawing Einstein from his research. Einstein is expected to enhance Germany’s prestige, its glory, and that he does.