Island in the Baltic Sea: according to some witnesses, the first nuclear test by Kurt Diebner’s group; probably a “dirty” bomb with a core of light elements covered with 100g of (unenriched) uranium and a thick layer of explosives; the whole thing enclosed in a spherical casing detonated from atop a pylon; the program was already in the hands of Himmler’s SS, who had also directed the V2 rocket program since the spring of 1944 and was considering merging the two programs to create the first nuclear missile; Lieutenant Luigi Romersa, Mussolini’s envoy, was also present at the test.
