New Delhi, Sept. 4 -- What is common to Albert Einstein, James Franck, Erwin Schrodinger, Hans Bethe, Felix Bloch and Max Born, apart from the fact that they were all Nobel awardees in physics? They all fled Nazi Germany for refuge in other countries, notably the US. America, Western Europe and the Soviet Union vied to attract intellectuals falling prey to Hitler's anti-Semitism.

These scientists went on to contribute immensely to their new host nations and their R&D efforts-including America's Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear bomb before Germany.

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