Joseph Rotblat

Poland is my suit — Morality and personal responsibility above all else — You’ll be sorry you didn’t leave too — #TolaAndJoe

[Joseph Rotblat @JoeRotblat]

Today I received a letter from a former student. Proudly, he claimed that our research group was responsible for testing the bomb materials, that we can consider it our gadget. When I was young, "I felt I would like to be a scientist to use my
science to help mankind". #2018CUAB

[Joseph Rotblat @JoeRotblat]

Aileen Chadwick wrote to me expressing that she wished her husband's work at Los Alamos had not been right, for humane reasons. I had had similar thoughts while working on the project as well as afterwards. I had hoped that the bombs might just fizzle. #2018CUAB

[Joseph Rotblat @JoeRotblat]

This morning, "I switched on my radio and heard that we had dropped the bomb on Hiroshima. I knew that a new era had dawned in which nuclear weapons would be used, and I grew worried about the future of mankind." #2018CUAB

[Joseph Rotblat @JoeRotblat]

@EnricoFermi13 Reducing secrecy should always be encouraged! At least from my perspective. #SecretsSecretsAreNoFun #2018CUAB

[Joseph Rotblat @JoeRotblat]

@EnricoFermi13 Congratulations Enrico! #StudentsAreAJoy #2018CUAB

[Joseph Rotblat @JoeRotblat]

@WernerHeis @GI_ErniePyle L.O.L. TOO TRU. Any fun stories of your own @WernerHeis? #StoryTime #2018CUAB

[Joseph Rotblat @JoeRotblat]

While working the graveyard shift at the cyclotron lab, I accidentally gave myself xenon poisoning. Dr. Hempelmann believes I dosed myself with 150 rads of mixed neutron and gamma radiation! Don't worry though, its not lethal. #ProjectileVomit #LowBloodCount #2018CUAB

[Joseph Rotblat @JoeRotblat]

@Albert_E1nstein Albert I sincerely appreciate all of your support through these trying times. #2018CUAB

[Joseph Rotblat @JoeRotblat]

I've just heard the news of the Polish uprising in Warsaw. I'm not quite sure what to think. I don't know where my family is or how they are doing. The last letter I received from Tola was from December of 1939. #Worried #Hopeful #2018CUAB

[Joseph Rotblat @JoeRotblat]

@Groves_theGreat Some MIGHT say that's UNNECESSARY. #CrazyPants #2018CUAB

[Joseph Rotblat @JoeRotblat]

I just received a letter from Elspeth Grant inviting me to visit her in Santa Fe - an acquaintance introduced us at Liverpool. Chadwick believes visiting her is a fine idea - he even said not to worry about clearing it with @Groves_theGreat's security team. #OldFreinds #2018CUAB

[Joseph Rotblat @JoeRotblat]

@GI_ErniePyle Unfortunately, we had no choice. She was recovering for tuberculosis and could not get out of Poland before the boarders closed. I tried everything to find a way out for her or a way in for me. #DesperateTimes #2018CUAB

[Joseph Rotblat @JoeRotblat]

While working at Los Alamos, I've enjoyed the company of many brilliant minds, people whom you only read about, my heroes, but I must leave in search of my wife, Tola, "whom I had left in Poland" at the outbreak of the war in Sept. of 1939. #OneTrueLove #JoeAndTola4eva #2018CUAB

[Joseph Rotblat @JoeRotblat]

@EnricoFermi13 @GI_ErniePyle Thank you Enrico for your concern. #2018CUAB

[Joseph Rotblat @JoeRotblat]

The latest letter from Chadwick suggests that I consider naturalization as a British citizen to "relieve any doubts". I am planning to travel to Poland to find Tola. As long as I am a Polish citizen, the British government cannot keep me from my country. #Desperate #2018CUAB

[Joseph Rotblat @JoeRotblat]

@Albert_E1nstein Thank you Albert! I appreciate your support while I try to remain positive. #FindTola1945 #2018CUAB

[Joseph Rotblat @JoeRotblat]

I've just received a letter from my brother-in-law, Mieczysław, in Poland! My mother, my sister, Ewa, my niece, Halina, my brother, Mordechaim, and his wife, Manya, are all safe and well. There is no news of Tola or my youngest brother, Bronek. #Hopeful #2018CUAB

[Joseph Rotblat @JoeRotblat]

I've written a letter to Wallace Akers, the Tube Alloy director, outlining the formation of a civilian atomic energy research establishment (AERE) - if it will be tolerated by the Americans. We would need cyclotrons, electronics, new counting devices, trained staff... #2018CUAB

[Joseph Rotblat @JoeRotblat]

Today I wrote to Chadwick about the situation in Liverpool. He has trusted me to revitalize the Liverpool cyclotron and nuclear physics research. Additionally, he has arranged for me to continue working on the Tubes Alloy project. #NeverEndingResearch #StillMissingMyBox #2018CUAB

[Joseph Rotblat @JoeRotblat]

Today I'm setting sail for the United Kingdom from New York. I only wish my box of documents containing "research notes as well as correspondence and other records" hadn't been lost on the train ride from Washington. #AmericanIntelligence #Rubbish #2018CUAB

[Joseph Rotblat @JoeRotblat]

Chadwick just returned from his meeting with Chief de Silva. It seems the Americans have taken issue with my visiting Miss Elspeth. Apparently, I am a communist sympathizer and a Soviet spy conspiring "to return to Poland at the earliest possible opportunity"! #Dossier #2018CUAB

[Joseph Rotblat @JoeRotblat]

Chadwick has informed me that American Intelligence reports determined the German scientific research efforts have been abandoned. He is speaking on my behalf to the Los Alamos security Chief de Silva about my immediate return to England. #Scruples #SCRUPLES #2018CUAB

[Joseph Rotblat @JoeRotblat]

The brutality the people of Warsaw suffered at the hands of the German army is beyond comprehension. My thoughts are constantly with my loved ones. #Family #Tola #2018CUAB