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Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in the year 1921.

He was showered with honours and invitations from all over the world,
and lauded by the press.

He was honoured and was invited to various places all over the world.
Even the press praised him.

When the Nazis came to power in Germany in1933, Einstein emigrated
to the United States.

Emigrated: leave one‟s own country in order to settle permanently in
another

In 1933, when Germany came under the power of Nazis, (the famous
Nazi ruler was Adolf Hitler), at that time, Einstein left Germany and
shifted to United State of America forever.

Five years later, the discovery of nuclear fission in Berlin had American
physicists in an uproar.

in an uproar: very upset

After 5 years, the Germans discovered the process of nuclear fission -
the process through which nuclear bombs or atomic bombs are made.
This process was prepared in Berlin. Due to this all the physicists in
America were upset as they feared misuse of the technology.

Many of them had fled from Fascism, just as Einstein had, and now they
were afraid the Nazis could build and use an atomic bomb.

There were many scientists who escaped to America because of
Fascism. (Fascism was a dictatorial concept which was started in
Europe from Italy by the rule of Benito Mussolini.) The entire fraternity of
scientists was afraid that the Nazis could misuse the atomic bomb.