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The Quantum Exodus: Jewish Fugitives, the Atomic Bomb, and the Holocaust (2012)

Fraser, Gordon (Author)

Oxford University Press

ISBN: 9780199592159

Publication Date: 2012
Physical Details: viii + 267 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

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Science and culture National Socialism Science and politics Jewish civilization and culture Science and race Atomic bomb Science and society Emigration; immigration Holocaust World War II 20th century, early Germany Einstein, Albert

"It was no accident that the Holocaust and the Atomic Bomb happened at the same time. When the Nazis came into power in 1933, their initial objective was not to get rid of Jews. Rather, their aim was to refine German culture: Jewish professors and teachers at fine universities were sacked. Atomic science had attracted a lot of Jewish talent, and as Albert Einstein and other quantum exiles scattered, they realized that they held the key to a weapon of unimaginable power. Convincedthat their gentile counterparts in Germany had come to the same conclusion, and having witnessed what the Nazis were prepared to do, the exiles were afraid. They had to get to the Atomic Bomb first. The Nazis meanwhile had acquired a more pressing objective: their persecution of the Jews had evolved into extermination. Two dreadful projects - the Bomb and the Holocaust - became locked a grisly race."--Jacket.

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