Klaus Fuchs quotes

Klaus Fuchs was a German theoretical physicist and expert in nuclear physics. He played a significant role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II as part of the Manhattan Project. He later became known for passing classified information to the Soviet Union, which had a major impact on the Cold War. Here are 14 of his quotes:

The Communist Party said that I must finish my studies because after the revolution in Germany people would be required with technical knowledge to take part in the building of the Communist Germany. (Klaus Fuchs)
In the post war period I began again to have my doubts about Russian policy. View quote
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Before I joined the project most of the English people with whom I had made personal contacts were left wing and affected to some degree or other by the same kind of philosophy. View quote
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There is nobody I know by name who is concerned with collecting information for the Russian authorities. There are people whom I know by sight whom I trusted with my life. View quote
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I joined the Communist Party because I felt I had to be in some organization. View quote
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I was ready to accept the philosophy that the Party is right and that in the coming struggle you could not permit yourself any doubts after the party had made a decision. View quote
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The last time when I handed over information was in February or March 1949. View quote
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I was lucky because on the morning after the burning of the Reichstag I left my home very early to catch a train to Berlin for the conference of our student organization and that is the only reason why I escaped arrest. View quote
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I was in the underground until I left Germany. View quote
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Since coming to Harwell I have met English people of all kinds, and I have come to see in many of them a deep rooted firmness which enables them to lead a decent way of life. View quote
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I was a student in Germany when Hitler came to power. (Klaus Fuchs)
At that time I had complete confidence in Russian policy and I believed that the Western Allies deliberately allowed Russia and Germany to fight each other to the death. View quote
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I think the one thing that most stands out is that my father always did what he believed to be the right thing to do and he always told us that we had to go our own way even if he disagreed. View quote
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Finally Germany's attack on Russia seemed to confirm that Russia was not shirking and was prepared to carry out a foreign policy with the risk of war with Germany. View quote
Klaus Fuchs

Klaus Fuchs

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Occupation: German Physicist
Born: December 29, 1911
Died: January 28, 1988
Quotes count: 14