France. and the U.S. thought that they would prevent a repeat of World War I. but instead they helped bring Hitler to power and helped encourage the Germans to launch an even greater slaughter in World War II against what he saw as spineless opponents. I do not want history to repeat itself." The Hungarianborn Teller was studying at Germanys Leipzig U. in 1930 when Hitler came to power. He left and. after stops in Denmark and England. settled in the United States in 1935. He was naturalized in 1941 and during the next 11 years helped develop the atomic and hydrogen bombs.He recalls: "From the age of six or eight. I thought that my future would be in mathematics. But as a college student. there was great excitement about atomic fission and I became a theoretical physicist.
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