Where was Walther Bothe a prisoner of war?
France
Russia
United States
Japan
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Walther Bothe was a prisoner of war in Russia during World War II. He was captured by the Soviet Union in 1941 and held in a prisoner-of-war camp until 1945. During his time in captivity, he continued his research and published several papers on physics. After the war, he returned to Germany and resumed his career as a physicist.
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