---
category: Private Organization
location: Brooklyn, New York, USA
start: 1854
summary: The Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn was a New York engineering institution
  that, under dean Herman F. Mark's leadership from 1942, became a refuge for Jewish
  scientists including Chaim Weizmann and Ernst David Bergmann who later contributed
  to Israel's nuclear program.
tags:
- Organization
- Education
- USA
---

The Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn is an educational institution in the [United States](/places/united-states/). In 1940, [Herman F. Mark](/people/herman-f-mark/) was running a laboratory there, and two years later he became dean of faculty, turning the institute into a haven for Jewish refugees, including [Chaim Weizmann](/people/chaim-weizmann/) and [Ernst David Bergmann](/people/ernst-david-bergmann/).[^1]

[^1]: Hersh, Seymour M. *The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy*. Random House, 1991. Chapter 2.