Atom spy Klaus Fuchs was motivated by conscience | Letter
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John Green says it's simplistic to describe as a 'traitor' the physicist who supplied information about the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union
Graham Farmelo's review of a new book by Frank Close about the atom spy Klaus Fuchs (Review, 17 August) fails completely to understand the motivation of Fuchs or comprehend the historical context of his action. He simplistically labels him the "most cunning of traitors".
Fuchs came from a deeply religious family. He was the son of a Lutheran pastor who became a Quaker after the Lutheran church began collaborating with the Hitler regime. His whole family was persecuted by the Nazis.
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