Niels bohr was a atomic scientist who helped build the atomic bomb used in World War II Used on japan but lets get to that later Niels Bohr was born in Octtober 7th 1885 in Copenhagen Denmark. He was born to well educated parents and went to copenhagen collage in 1911. When nazi germany invaded denmark in 1944, he offerd his jewish freinds a place to stay, work, and even donated his nobel prize to finnish the war effort. He helped america and britain make the atomic bomb, witch was a struggle due to him wanting it to be used for peace not harm. he quit making the second one though because, he didnt want the harm of people effected by the bomb in his hands or name. He would go on to make the bohr attomic model but, then die a couple years later