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Title: T. H. Rittner reports
Dates: 1945
Collection Number: 92092
Creator: Rittner, T. H.
Collection Size:
1 manuscript box
(0.4 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Relates to detention of ten leading German physicists in Great Britain from May to December 1945. Reports include transcripts
of surreptitious sound recordings of conversations among the physicists, relating to German nuclear research during World
War II, and to reactions to the use of atomic bombs on Japan. Photocopy.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages: In
English
Collection is open for research.
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[Identification of item], T. H. Rittner reports, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1992.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
Originals in: Public Records Office, London.
Major, British army.
Scope and Content of Collection
Relates to detention of ten leading German physicists in Great Britain from May to December 1945. Reports include transcripts
of surreptitious sound recordings of conversations among the physicists, relating to German nuclear research during World
War II, and to reactions to the use of atomic bombs on Japan. Photocopy.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Atomic bomb.
World War, 1939-1945--Science.
Science--Germany.
Physics.
World War, 1939-1945--Germany.