German Physicists are told of The Bomb
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2016 7:31 am
http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/pdf ... ish101.pdf
This is pretty interesting. They're shocked (and a bit skeptical).
This is pretty interesting. They're shocked (and a bit skeptical).
HAHN was completely shattered by the news and said that he felt personally responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, as it was his original discovery which had made the bomb possible...
HEISENBERG: I don't believe a word of the whole thing. They must have spent the whole of their ₤500,000,000 in separating isotopes; and then it's possible.
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WIRTZ: I'm glad we didn't have it.
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WEIZSÄCKER: I think it's dreadful of the Americans to have done it. I think it is madness on their part.
HEISENBERG: One can't say that. One could equally well say "That's the quickest way of ending the war.”
HAHN: That's what consoles me.