| Description | The file contains correspondence relating to German scientists in the aftermath of the Second World War. The Society for the Protection of Science and Learning corresponded with Simon on the whereabouts of Scientists with which it had lost touch and on Simon's queries as to the pension rights of scientists forced to flee from Germany by the Nazi Party.
The majority of the correspondence relates to Simon's belief that some scientists who had been collaborators with the Nazi regime during the Second World War, had remained in positions of power in German Universities after 1946. Simon backs up his argument with extracts from letters from contacts in Germany.
On a related theme, is correspondence wherein Simon expresses his unease regarding a visit to the UK by Profs Heisenberg and Justi (1947). In fact, Simon did meet Heisenberg in Oxford in March 1948, and in a letter to MW Perrin, Department of Atomic Energy in this file, Simon describes his discussion with Heisenberg on the German Atomic Bomb project during the Second World War.
Correspondents on these issues include: Lord Pakenham, Foreign Office; Sir Henry Dale; Sir Charles Darwin, National Physical Laboratory and Dr Paul Rosbaud.
There is also a letter from Simon to Pakenham, on Jewish protests in Berlin on the release in Germany of 'Oliver Twist' (1948, dir. David Lean). |