Helmed as the docudrama of the year, Einstein and the Bomb will be released on Netflix on February 16, 2024. Netflix which is known for bringing unique content, content based on true stories, is banking big on Einstein and the Bomb. For the past few months, Netflix has been witnessing a surge in viewership on content related to docuseries and docudrama. Netflix's docudrama often trends in multiple countries. Now, people of the world are all braced to witness a lesser-known chapter of history during World War II and it is related to none other than scientist Albert Einstein. Einstein and the Bomb is a true story that will showcase the German scientist's efforts to evade the Nazzi assassins and his life in Norfolk. For the unversed, Einstein stayed in Norfolk in a Roughton Heath hut when the Nazzi forces were searching for him. Now, the question arises why was Albert Einstein hiding from Hitler's forces? Below is everything you need to know about Einstein and the Bomb True Story -
Einstein and the Bomb True Story
As per reports, Albert Einstein in 1933 was declared 'public enemy number one' in Germany after he was accused of spreading propaganda about Adolf Hitler. As a result, the Nazzis raided his home in Berlin and stole his savings and a prized violin, offering a reward of £1,000 for his murder, but the scientist was staying at a holiday home in Belgium.
(Albert Einstein outside the hut)
From Belgium, Einstein fled to England where he was helped by MP and naval commander Oliver Locker-Lampson who offered his Roughton Heath hut as a safe place to stay. Multiple historians suggest that Einstein's time in Norfolk was a "seismic moment" that changed the course of history. Now, coming back to the question, Albert Einstein found sanctuary in the cabin on Roughton Heath, near Cromer, Norfolk, for three weeks in 1933 after fleeing the Nazis.
The official synopsis of the docudrama says, "Einstein and The Bomb is a feature documentary which explores Albert Einstein’s complex relationship with Hitler, Germany, the atom bomb and its devastating aftermath in Japan. With a mix of archive and dramatisations, the film will explore key points in Einstein’s life, and how his work changed the course of history forever. Everything Einstein says in the film is taken from words he said or wrote in his life, bringing us close to the greatest mind of the 20th century as he faces the greatest evil the world has ever known."