Albert Einstein

Explain why Einstein, a former pacifist, agrees to speak to President Roosevelt about the creation of an atomic bomb.

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After running through the situation in his mind, Einstein concludes that given enough time, the Nazis develop an atomic bomb themselves; Germany already begins importing mass quantities of uranium. Einstein decides that Nazi Germany is invincible once they discover how to build an atomic bomb, and that, while he wants America not to use the bomb, it is far worse for Hitler to use it as it eventually condemns the entire world to Nazi rule.