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After not awarding prizes from 1940-42 due to WWII, the Royal Swedish Academy gave the Nobel Prizes in Physics from 1943-45 to three European-born Jewish scientists working in the United States. Did this cause them any issues with Nazi Germany, or lead to political ramifications in general?

by /u/Ganesha811 in /r/AskHistorians

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