Volume 40, Number 16 · October 7, 1993
'An Intellectual Bumblebee'
By M.F. Perutz
Genius in the Shadows: A Biography of Leo Szilard, The Man Behind the Bomb
by William Lanouette, with Bela Silard, foreword by Jonas Salk
Scribner's/A Robert Stewart book, 587 pp., $35.00
On August 13, 1940, Lt. Col. S.V. Constant of US Military Intelligence reported: 'ENRICO FERMI…. He is supposed to have left Italy because of the fact that his wife is Jewish…. He is undoubtedly a Fascist…. Employment of this person on secret work is not recommended.' 'MR SZELARD. [sic] He is a Jewish refugee from Hungary. It is understood that his family were wealthy merchants in Hungary and were able to come to the United States with most of their money…. He is stated to be very pro-German…. Employment of this person on secret work is not recommended.'
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