A Janitor's Discovery Haunted Him for the Rest of His Life
20th Century

A Janitor's Discovery Haunted Him for the Rest of His Life

On April 7, 1943, a janitor at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute made a discovery that would haunt him for the rest of his life.

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World War IIGermanyNuclear PhysicsScientific ResearchWorking ClassSecrecyKaiser Wilhelm InstituteBerlin1943MathematicsAtomic WeaponsManhattan Project

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