Catalogue description Rudolf Ernest PEIERLS (1) / Eugenia PEIERLS (2), aliases (2) Yevgeniya KANNEGISER;...
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Reference: | KV 2/1658 |
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Description: |
Rudolf Ernest PEIERLS (1) / Eugenia PEIERLS (2), aliases (2) Yevgeniya KANNEGISER; Eugenia KANNEGIESSER; Zenia PEIERLS: (1) British (2) British. PEIERLS, a distinguished physicist born and educated in Germany, came to Britain in 1935 and held a succession of academic posts. During the war he was a member with FUCHS of the British team working on the atomic bomb project in the United States. PEIERLS became a naturalised British subject in 1940. Although he attracted attention through his contact with FUCHS, his Russian wife and his many Communist academic contacts, no evidence of wrongdoing was found |
Date: | 1938 Jan 01 - 1949 Dec 31 |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Former reference in its original department: | PF 109567 VOL 1 |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
Access conditions: | Retained Until 2004 |
Record opening date: | 30 March 2004 |
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