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Image: Klaus Fuchs - police photograph

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Description: Police photograph of Physicist Klaus Fuchs. In 1933 Fuchs fled Germany for Britain. During the War he worked on the Manhattan Project in the United States to build the Atomic Bomb and later worked on British nuclear projects. In 1950 he admitted spying for the Russians since 1942 and passing on details of British and American nuclear technology.
Title: Klaus Fuchs - police photograph
Credit: Flickr: Atomic Agent
Author: The National Archives UK
Permission: This image, which was originally posted to Flickr, was uploaded to Commons using Flickr upload bot on 13 January 2011, 20:35 by Bomazi. On that date, it was confirmed to be tagged as no known copyright restrictions.
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