Before I joined the project most of the English people with whom I had made personal contacts were left wing and affected to some degree or other by the same kind of philosophy.
Meaning of the quote
The quote suggests that before joining a certain project, many of the English people Klaus Fuchs personally knew held left-wing political views and shared a similar kind of philosophy or way of thinking. This implies that the people in his social circle at the time were influenced by left-wing ideologies and perspectives.
About Klaus Fuchs
Klaus Fuchs was a German theoretical physicist and atomic spy who supplied information from the American, British, and Canadian Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union during and shortly after World War II. He was convicted and served 9 years in prison in the UK before migrating to East Germany, where he resumed his career as a physicist and scientific leader.
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At this time I had complete confidence in Russian policy and believed that the Western Allies deliberately allowed Germany and Russia to fight each other to death.
German-born British theoretical physicist and atomic spy (1911-1988)
Before I joined the project most of the English people with whom I had made personal contacts were left wing and affected to some degree or other by the same kind of philosophy.
German-born British theoretical physicist and atomic spy (1911-1988)
I joined the Communist Party because I felt I had to be in some organization.
German-born British theoretical physicist and atomic spy (1911-1988)
In the post war period I began again to have my doubts about Russian policy.
German-born British theoretical physicist and atomic spy (1911-1988)
The Communist Party said that I must finish my studies because after the revolution in Germany people would be required with technical knowledge to take part in the building of the Communist Germany.
German-born British theoretical physicist and atomic spy (1911-1988)
I was lucky because on the morning after the burning of the Reichstag I left my home very early to catch a train to Berlin for the conference of our student organization and that is the only reason why I escaped arrest.
German-born British theoretical physicist and atomic spy (1911-1988)
Shortly afterwards my father told me that he might be going into the Eastern Zone of Germany. At that time my own mind was closer to his than it had ever been before, because he also believed that they are at least trying to build a new world.
German-born British theoretical physicist and atomic spy (1911-1988)
At that time I had complete confidence in Russian policy and I believed that the Western Allies deliberately allowed Russia and Germany to fight each other to the death.
German-born British theoretical physicist and atomic spy (1911-1988)
I was a student in Germany when Hitler came to power.
German-born British theoretical physicist and atomic spy (1911-1988)
The last time when I handed over information was in February or March 1949.
German-born British theoretical physicist and atomic spy (1911-1988)
I was ready to accept the philosophy that the Party is right and that in the coming struggle you could not permit yourself any doubts after the party had made a decision.
German-born British theoretical physicist and atomic spy (1911-1988)
I was in the underground until I left Germany.
German-born British theoretical physicist and atomic spy (1911-1988)
I had therefore, no hesitation in giving all the information I had, even though occasionally I tried to concentrate mainly on giving information about the results of my own work.
German-born British theoretical physicist and atomic spy (1911-1988)
Finally Germany’s attack on Russia seemed to confirm that Russia was not shirking and was prepared to carry out a foreign policy with the risk of war with Germany.
German-born British theoretical physicist and atomic spy (1911-1988)
Since that time I have had continuous contact with the persons who were completely unknown to me, except that I knew they would hand whatever information I gave them to the Russian authorities.
German-born British theoretical physicist and atomic spy (1911-1988)
Since coming to Harwell I have met English people of all kinds, and I have come to see in many of them a deep rooted firmness which enables them to lead a decent way of life.
German-born British theoretical physicist and atomic spy (1911-1988)
I think the one thing that most stands out is that my father always did what he believed to be the right thing to do and he always told us that we had to go our own way even if he disagreed.
German-born British theoretical physicist and atomic spy (1911-1988)
There is nobody I know by name who is concerned with collecting information for the Russian authorities. There are people whom I know by sight whom I trusted with my life.
German-born British theoretical physicist and atomic spy (1911-1988)