FAQ About Enrico Fermi
Why did Enrico Fermi move to the United States?
Enrico Fermi moved to the United States primarily due to the rise of Fascism in Italy and the enactment of anti-Semitic laws by the Mussolini regime. Fermi's wife, Laura Capon, was Jewish, and the discriminatory laws prompted them to leave Italy. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1938 after receiving the Nobel Prize in Physics while in Sweden.
