Enrico Fermi

Enrico Fermi (b. 1901) was an Italian physicist most noted for his work on the development of the first nuclear reactor, and for his contributions to the development of quantum theory, particle physics and statistical mechanics. He, his wife Laura, and their children emigrated to New York to escape the anti-Semitic laws promulgated by the fascist regime of Benito Mussolini which threatened Laura, who was Italian but of Jewish faith.

Enrico Fermi in "Joe Steele"
Enrico Fermi's decision to move to the United States proved to be his undoing. In 1946, he was one of several physicists who was executed by dictatorial President Joe Steele for being part of the "Professors' Plot" to deny the US the atomic bomb with the country. His wife's Jewish heritage was a factor in his death.

Enrico Fermi in Worldwar
Enrico Fermi was one of the scientists working on the US atomic bomb project at the University of Chicago. When Race ground forces threatened to take Chicago, he and the rest of the crew relocated to Denver.