In 1933, Albert Einstein found himself in an unlikely hiding place – a simple wooden hut on a secluded Norfolk heath, fleeing from Nazi assassins. This little-known chapter in the life of the renowned scientist has now been transformed into a unique docudrama, ‘Einstein and the Bomb’, by Netflix.

Using Einstein’s own words, the docudrama sheds light on the pivotal three weeks he spent on Roughton Heath, a period that altered the course of history. Screenwriter Philip Ralph, who exclusively utilized Einstein’s authentic speeches, letters, and interviews to craft the physicist’s dialogue, emphasized the significance of this episode in Einstein’s life.

By 1933, Einstein had become a prime target in Germany, facing severe persecution from the Nazi regime. Accused of spreading false propaganda against Adolf Hitler, he was the subject of a brochure titled ‘Jews Are Watching You’, which ominously stated, ‘Not yet hanged’ beneath his picture. Following the assassination of the Jewish philosopher Theodor Lessing and the subsequent offer of a substantial reward for Einstein’s murder by German secret agents, he heeded his wife Elsa’s pleas to flee to England, never to return to continental Europe.