Fritz Haber was forced to resign from his positions due to his..?
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Fritz Haber was forced to resign from his positions as a professor and director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry in 1933 due to his Jewish heritage. The Nazis had come to power in Germany in 1933 and began a campaign of anti-Semitism that included the persecution of Jews in academia and other professions.
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