However, as a Jew, Born was forced to flee Germany in 1933 and, after a short while in the north of Italy, he accepted an offer to became Stokes lecturer at Cambridge:
Subalit, bilang isang Judio, Born ay sapilitang umiwas sa Alemanya sa 1933 at, matapos ang isang maikling habang sa north ng Italya, siya na tinanggap ng isang nag-aalok sa naging Stokes lektor sa Cambridge: