- 04 Jan 2017 21:05
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This is a rather lengthy article in German by the nuclear scientist Manfred Popp:
Darum hatte Hitler keine Atombombe
It's too long to sum up in detail. Anyways, he claims that previous theories about the presumed lack of material resources or conscious decision by scientists not to develop the bomb are wrong.
He believes that the oppressive Nazi regimes prevented scientists from daring to invent. "Their fear was greater than their curiosity." In addition, many probably didn't believe in the Nazi regime like the scientists of the Manhattan project believed in the righteousness of what they were doing. They also feared for their personal safety, since instead narrowing the focus of research on one project (an atomic bomb would have entailed) they continued to pursue numerous different projects during the war, which kept them from being sent to the front. It was probably Heisenberg's opinion that an atomic bomb would take too long to develop that informed the Nazi's decision to concentrate on missile development instead.
A number of nuclear scientists was imprisoned in the UK after the war and their conversation was secretly recorded. This is a partial transcript.
Transcript of Surreptitiously Taped Conversations among German Nuclear Physicists at Farm Hall (August 6-7, 1945)
According to Hans-Peter Duerr, a disciple of Heisenberg, the British (and therefore the US) knew that the Nazis weren't in the process of developing an atomic bomb from what Heisenberg had said during visits to Copenhagen and Switzerland.
Hans-Peter Dürr. "Heisenberg (1)
Hans-Peter Dürr. "Heisenberg (2)
Darum hatte Hitler keine Atombombe
It's too long to sum up in detail. Anyways, he claims that previous theories about the presumed lack of material resources or conscious decision by scientists not to develop the bomb are wrong.
He believes that the oppressive Nazi regimes prevented scientists from daring to invent. "Their fear was greater than their curiosity." In addition, many probably didn't believe in the Nazi regime like the scientists of the Manhattan project believed in the righteousness of what they were doing. They also feared for their personal safety, since instead narrowing the focus of research on one project (an atomic bomb would have entailed) they continued to pursue numerous different projects during the war, which kept them from being sent to the front. It was probably Heisenberg's opinion that an atomic bomb would take too long to develop that informed the Nazi's decision to concentrate on missile development instead.
A number of nuclear scientists was imprisoned in the UK after the war and their conversation was secretly recorded. This is a partial transcript.
Transcript of Surreptitiously Taped Conversations among German Nuclear Physicists at Farm Hall (August 6-7, 1945)
According to Hans-Peter Duerr, a disciple of Heisenberg, the British (and therefore the US) knew that the Nazis weren't in the process of developing an atomic bomb from what Heisenberg had said during visits to Copenhagen and Switzerland.
Hans-Peter Dürr. "Heisenberg (1)
Hans-Peter Dürr. "Heisenberg (2)