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I was 8 years old in the spring of 1945 when my family fled Silesia to escape the Russian army. On our way, we passed through Dresden. A few days later, it was firebombed. The fire was so bright that night that one could read a newspaper from the light, though we were many kilometers away.

~ Gunter Blobel

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I'm always telling my students that if they can't explain what they are doing, to their grandmothers, then they probably don't understand it themselves.

~ Gunter Blobel

Always Doing Explain Grandmothers Students Telling Themselves Then Understand

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In 1936, when I was born in the small Silesian village of Waltersdorf in the county of Sprottau in the then-eastern part of Germany, now part of Poland, the fine structure of the cell was still an enigma.

~ Gunter Blobel

Born Cell County Enigma Fine Germany I Was Born Now Part Poland Small Still Structure Village

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In basic research, the use of the electron microscope has revealed to us the complex universe of the cell, the basic unit of life.

~ Gunter Blobel

Basic Basic Research Cell Complex Electron Life Microscope Research Revealed Unit Universe Us Use

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In the cold and snow-rich Silesian winters, there were hour-long rides on Sundays in horse-drawn sleighs to my maternal grandparent's farm to have lunch and to spend the afternoon. The house was a magnificent 18th-century manor house in the nearby Altgabel with a great hall that was decorated with hunting trophies.

~ Gunter Blobel

Afternoon Cold Farm Great Hall House Hunting Lunch Magnificent Maternal Nearby Rides Spend Sundays Trophies Were Winters

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In the United States, the wealthy have a tradition of charity. But in Germany, the rich say, 'We pay taxes. It's enough.'

~ Gunter Blobel

Charity Enough Germany Pay Rich Say States Taxes Tradition United United States Wealthy

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It was one of the great pleasures of my life to donate the entire sum of the Nobel Prize, in memory of my sister Ruth Blobel, to the restoration of Dresden.

~ Gunter Blobel

Donate Entire Great Life Memory My Life Nobel Nobel Prize Pleasures Prize Restoration Ruth Sister Sum

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The structure of many cellular macromolecules has been revealed at the atomic level using x-ray crystallography.

~ Gunter Blobel

Atomic Been Has-Been Level Many Revealed Structure Using X-Ray

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The tremendous acquisition of basic knowledge will allow a much more rational treatment of cancer, viral infections, degenerative diseases and, most importantly, mental diseases.

~ Gunter Blobel

Acquisition Allow Basic Cancer Diseases Importantly Knowledge Mental More Most Much Rational Treatment Tremendous Viral Will

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