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Re:Dissolve My Nobel Prize, Fast (2011) by maxerickson on Monday November 14, 2016 @09:21AM (#12949925)
So the thing to do then is to track down the source quoted in the article When the Nazis ransacked Bohr's institute and figure out if it is exaggerated.

Your mere disbelief is rather weak in the face of statements like that one.

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Re:Dissolve My Nobel Prize, Fast (2011) by lordnacho on Monday November 14, 2016 @09:47AM (#12950068)
Flipping through the book, it doesn't give much detail as to when exactly the German stormtroopers came knocking.

The notes and errata at the end of the book don't seem to specify it either.

The point is the article makes it look like "oh crap the nazis have invaded, let's dissolve these medals" rather than "they been here for a few weeks and look like they're about to settle some bits of nazi business".

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Re:Dissolve My Nobel Prize, Fast (2011) by maxerickson on Monday November 14, 2016 @10:11AM (#12950221)
His autobiography is not detailed:

https://archive.org/stream/adventuresinradi01heve#page/27/mo...

I imagine they were thinking about hiding them pretty soon after the city fell though. I agree that overdramatizing the timing is unfortunate.

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