Hitler’ Triumph, Berlin, Germany:
On March 5, 1933, the Federal election gave the Nazi party 44% of the vote. With a coalition partner, it gained a majority of Reichstag representatives. The Germans celebrated in the streets. Meanwhile, resisters, such as Klaus Fuchs, holed up in the underground to evade the grasp of the Brown Shirts and the Gestapo.
Trinity Test, Los Alamos NM:
On July 16, 1945, in Alamogordo NM, the US detonated the first nuclear bomb. At 5:00 AM, the blinding fireball of the plutonium bomb rose to the sky. Physicist Klaus Fuchs watch from a hilltop. He had contributed essential theoretical work for the bomb’s triggering device and handed over the plans for the bomb to
Russians while there.
Atomic Village, Harwell, England:
In 1946, Fuchs returned to England to become head of the theoretical division at the new, top secret nuclear research facility. He was also the main theoretical consultant at a separate facility where the UK built its first bomb. Fuchs was a key contributor to bombs for the US, UK, and Russia.
London Airport (now Heathrow), England:
On June 23, 1959, Fuchs climbed the stairs of a Polish
airliner for his journey to East Germany after nine years in
prison for espionage.