Bohr Helped Save Jewish Scientists

During World War II, Danish physicist Niels Bohr, who was of Jewish ancestry through his mother, escaped Nazi-occupied Denmark through Sweden before joining the Manhattan Project. Before leaving for the United States, Bohr urged the Swedish government to grant asylum to Denmark's Jews, adding his voice to the growing effort to protect them from deportation. The rescue operation ultimately evacuated more than 7,000 Danish Jews to safety in Sweden, saving about 99% of Denmark's Jewish population from the Holocaust.

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