In the summer of 1945, after Adolf Hitler was defeated and the allies had almost secured victory in the second world war, six German scientists were taken and held at a stately home in Cambridgeshire.
The group, known as the Uranverein (Uranium Club) were leading lights in Germany’s nuclear weapons programme and part of the race to produce the world’s first atomic bomb. They were detained at Farm Hall for seven months, all their conversations covertly recorded.
