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Nazi Germany had no hope of making an atomic bomb, uranium cubes reveal

137 points · 121 comments · xqcgrek2

  1. Danox · · focus · HN ↗
    Germany’s racism/ethnic/religious hate killed their efforts for the bomb..
    1. KetoManx64 · · focus · HN ↗
      > Germany’s racism/ethnic/religious hate killed their efforts for the bomb..

      Interesting fact: Ghislane Maxwell's (yes the Epstein one) father was involved in the publishing of all the history textbooks that are taught in public schools.

      1. killingtime74 · · focus · HN ↗
        Where? in America or in Germany? it's kind of ambiguous what you're saying.
        1. roryirvine · · focus · HN ↗
          Mostly Britain, though Maxwell did also very briefly control both Prentice Hall and the American side of Macmillan from 1988/9.

          Some of the (rather convoluted) history is at <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Macmillan_Inc.#Mergers_and_end" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Macmillan_Inc.#Mergers_and_end - but there&#x27;s not much evidence for any conspiracy GP may have been hinting at.

          (Cap&#x27;n Bob Maxwell was essentially the left-wing Rupert Murdoch - big on tabloid journalism and building media empires through fair means and foul. A hugely controversial character, but his involvement in textbook publishing was fairly incidental)

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