Klaus Fuchs

@Atomic Spy, Birthday and Childhood ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Emil Julius Klaus Fuchs was a German theoretical physicist and an atomic spy who provided valuable information to the Soviet Union German Columbia University University Of Bristol University Of Edinburgh Physicists Miscellaneous Spies Capricorn Celebrities Emil Julius Klaus Fuchs was a German theoretical physicist and one of the most effective atomic spies of the Soviet Union. He transferred crucial information from the British, American and Canadian ‘Manhattan Project’ to the Soviet Union during the Second World War and thereafter. He was inducted as assistant of Rudolf Peierls in the atomic bomb project of Britain, the ‘Tube Alloys’. There he started spying for the Soviet Union and through Ruth Kuczynski passed on significant project information. He accompanied Rudolf Peierls to New York and worked on the ‘Manhattan Project’ at the ‘Columbia University’. Here in ‘Los Alamos National Laboratory’ he worked at the ‘Theoretical Physics Division’. He was involved in several important theoretical calculations associated with first nuclear weapons and hydrogen bomb. Post war, he served as the head of the ‘Theoretical Physics Division’ in the ‘Atomic Energy Research Establishment’ in Harwell, UK. He was later convicted for his espionage that he confessed and was sentenced to an imprisonment of fourteen years. His British citizenship was terminated. After nine years of confinement he was released and sent to East Germany. He was elected to the central committee of the ‘Socialist Unity Party of Germany’. Later he served the ‘Institute for Nuclear Research in Rossendorf’ as its deputy director. He is the recipient of ‘Order of Karl Marx’, the ‘National Prize of East Germany’ and the ‘Patriotic Order of Merit’.

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Birthday: December 29, 1911 Died on: January 28, 1988 Nationality: German Famous: Atomic Spy, Theoretical Physicist, Columbia University, University Of Bristol, University Of Edinburgh, Physicists, Miscellaneous, Spies Spouses: Grete Keilson (1959–1988) Known as: Klaus Emil Julius Fuchs Universities: Columbia University,University Of Bristol,University Of Edinburgh Columbia University Leipzig University University of Bristol University of Edinburgh Information Detail Birthday December 29, 1911 Died on January 28, 1988 Nationality German Famous Atomic Spy, Theoretical Physicist, Columbia University, University Of Bristol, University Of Edinburgh, Physicists, Miscellaneous, Spies Spouses Grete Keilson (1959–1988) Known as Klaus Emil Julius Fuchs Universities Columbia University,University Of Bristol,University Of Edinburgh Columbia University Leipzig University University of Bristol University of Edinburgh Notable Alumnis Columbia University University Of Bristol University Of Edinburgh Birth Place Rüsselsheim, German Empire Gender Male Sun Sign Capricorn Born in Rüsselsheim, German Empire Famous as Theoretical Physicist and Atomic Spy Died at Age 76

Rüsselsheim, German Empire

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In 1959, he married his long-time friend Grete (Margarete) Keilson, a German politician and a member of KPD. Unsplash Personal Life

On January 28, 1988 he passed away and his remains were interred in the ‘Friedrichsfelde Cemetery’ in Berlin. Unsplash Personal Life

He was born on December 29, 1911, in Rüsselsheim, Grand Duchy of Hesse in the family of Emil Fuchs and Else Wagner as one of their two sons among four children. His father was a clergyman. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

After his family shifted to Eisenach he joined gymnasium and undertook the Abitur exam. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

His father, who was a member of the ‘Social Democratic Party of Germany’ (SPD) since 1912, became a professor of theology at the ‘University of Leipzig’. From 1930 he attended the university and studied mathematics and physics. There he joined the student’s wing of SPD and took part in students politics. He also joined SPD’s paramilitary organisation, the ‘Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold’. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

When his father joined the ‘Pedagogical Academy’ in Kiel as a professor of religion, he moved to the ‘University of Kiel’. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

His mother Else Wagner committed suicide in October 1931 by consuming hydrochloric acid. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

In August 1939 he applied for a British citizenship but following outset of the Second World War in September 1939, Klaus Fuchs was interned by the police on the Isle of Man in mid-1940. Unsplash Career

In July 1940 he was moved to a confinement camp in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Max Born intervened for his release and by early 1941 he came back to Edinburg. Unsplash Career

He received a proposal from Rudolf Peierls of the ‘University of Birmingham’ in May 1941 to assist the later in the atomic bomb project of Britain called the ‘Tube Alloys’. Unsplash Career

On August 7, 1942 he became a British citizen and signed a declaration form under the ‘Official Secrets Act’. Klaus Fuchs started staying with Rudolf Peierls and his wife Genia. Unsplash Career

Realising the significance of the scientific work, he approached Jurgen Kuczynski, teacher of the ‘London School of Economic’ who introduced him to Simon Davidovitch Kremer. Kremer whose codename was ‘Alexander’ was the secretary to the military attaché at the embassy of the Soviet Union who served the foreign military intelligence directorate of the ‘Red Army’, the ‘Glavnoye razvedyvatel'noye upravleniye’ (GRU). Unsplash Career

Information	Detail
Birthday	December 29, 1911
Died on	January 28, 1988
Nationality	German
Famous	Atomic Spy, Theoretical Physicist, Columbia University, University Of Bristol, University Of Edinburgh, Physicists, Miscellaneous, Spies
Spouses	Grete Keilson (1959–1988)
Known as	Klaus Emil Julius Fuchs
Universities	Columbia University,University Of Bristol,University Of Edinburgh Columbia University Leipzig University University of Bristol University of Edinburgh
Notable Alumnis	Columbia University University Of Bristol University Of Edinburgh
Birth Place	Rüsselsheim, German Empire
Gender	Male
Sun Sign	Capricorn
Born in	Rüsselsheim, German Empire
Famous as	Theoretical Physicist and Atomic Spy
Died at Age	76

Klaus Fuchs

German

Dec 29, 1911

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Rüsselsheim, German Empire