Józef Rotblat was a Polish physicist born in 1908 in Warsaw who co-created the first atomic bomb but later renounced weapons of mass destruction and founded the Pugwash movement to eliminate such weapons. He and the Pugwash movement won the 1995 Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to limit nuclear weapons and eliminate them long-term. Rotblat died in 2005 in London at the age of 96.

1. Józef Rotblat
By Michasia D. and Małgosia D.
Primary School No 5,
Bielsk Podlaski,
Poland

2. He was born on
November 4,
1908 in Warsaw.

3. Józef Ratblat was a physicist and co-
creator of the first atomic bomb. He
was the founder and leader of the
pacifist movement of Pugwash
scientists.

4. Józef Rotblat and the Pugwash movement he created
(an international movement of scientists for the
elimination of weapons of mass destruction) were
awarded in 1995 with the Nobel Peace Prize. The
Nobel Prize Committee justified that the winners were
appreciated for their efforts to limit the role of
nuclear weapons in international politics and efforts
to eliminate such weapons in the long term.He won
the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995.

5. Józef Rotblat
died on August
31, 2005 in
London.

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watching.