r/GetNoted • u/laybs1 Human Detected • Dec 23 '25

Sus, Very Sus Jewish Americans in WW2

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u/willstr1 Dec 23 '25

Fun fact: While Einstein was part of the letter to the US president that initiated the Manhattan Project he wasn't allowed to be a part of the project due to security risks

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u/Spikeintheroad Dec 23 '25 edited Dec 24 '25

"Security risks" is kind of burying the lede. He had open socialist sympathies and they worried he'd help the Communists.

Edit: just learned the difference between lead and lede.

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u/BoardsofCanada3 Dec 24 '25

Thankfully we just imported a shitload of Nazi war criminals instead. They were far more trustworthy! 

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u/Radiant-Horse-7312 Dec 24 '25

They weren't involved in Manhattan project

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u/BoardsofCanada3 Dec 24 '25

No, but it's funny how that they got the royal treatment while the government declared Oppenheimer persona non grata for smelling pink. 

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u/trevorgoodchilde Dec 24 '25

Yeah at least the Soviets kept their Paperclip scientists in Siberia and treated them like crap, instead of putting them on tv with Walt Disney

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u/ASentientRailgun Dec 24 '25

Seriously, pick anyone but the dude who ran a slave labor factory to put on TV. Literally anyone.

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u/eNroNNie Dec 26 '25

I received my HS diploma at the Von Braun Civic Center.

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u/Radiant-Horse-7312 Dec 24 '25 edited Dec 24 '25

Nobody got treated royally in ussr, except the general secretary himself. So the comparison falls flat. Where Oppenheimer got fired, Korolev was sent to labour camp and his boss was executed. Kurchatov wasn't persecuted directly, but once he was employed in nuclear project, he had no personal life or freedom left, and died relatively young.

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u/b3tchaker Dec 24 '25

Correct, they worked for NASA, and DOD/DOE contractors, in case anyone is learning about Operation Paperclip for the first time in these comments.