Szilard tried to flee Europe after what major political turn?
Rise of Communism
End of WWII
Rise of Nazism
End of the Cold War
Answer
Szilard tried to flee Europe after the rise of Nazism, a political movement that took control of Germany in 1933 and was led by Adolf Hitler. Szilard was Jewish, and he feared that the Nazis would persecute him and other Jews. He also feared that the Nazis would use their power to build nuclear weapons, which could be used to destroy the world.
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