To which country did Niels Bohr flee in 1943 to avoid arrest by the Germans?
Sweden
Switzerland
United States
United Kingdom
Answer
In September 1943, Niels Bohr fled to Sweden to avoid arrest by the Germans during their occupation of Denmark. From Sweden, he was flown to Britain, where he joined the British Tube Alloys nuclear weapons project.
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