Kaiser Wilhelm Society under National Socialism

Name: Kaiser Wilhelm Society under National Socialism
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ISBN: 9780521181549

ISBN-10: 0521181542

ISBN-13: 9780521181549

Edition: 2010

Authors: Susanne Heim, Carola Sachse, Mark Walker

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List price: $69.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/25/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 502
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.606
Language: English

Mark Walker is an associate professor in molecular genetics.




The Kaiser Wilhelm Society during National Socialism




Research and Personnel Policies:



A success story? Highlighting the history of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society's general administration in the Third Reich




No time to debate and ask questions - forced labor for science in the Kaiser Wilhelm Society, 1939-1945




Adolf Butenandt between science and politics: from the Weimar Republic to the Federal Republic of Germany




Racial Research:



Brain research and the murder of the sick: the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Brain Research, 1937-1945




Two hundred blood samples from Auschwitz: a Nobel Laureate and the link to Auschwitz




Racial purity, stable genes, and sex difference: gender in the making of genetic concepts Richard Goldschmidt and Fritz Lenz, 1916-1936




'Eastern Research,' 'Living Space,' Breeding Research:



Kog-Sagyz - a vital war reserve




Raw and advanced materials for an autarkic Germany: textile research in the Kaiser Wilhelm Society




Political networking and scientific modernization: botanical research at the KWI for Biology and its place in national social science policy




Military Research:



Ideology, armaments and resources: the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Metal Research and the 'German metals' 1933-1945




Calculation, measurement, and leadership: war research at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Fluid Dynamics, 1937-1945




Chemical weapons research in National Socialism: the collaboration of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institutes with the military and industry




Nuclear weapons and reactor research at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics




Whitewash culture: how the Kaiser Wilhelm/Max Planck Society dealt with the Nazi past




The predecessor: the uneasy rapprochement between Carl Neuberg and Adolf Butenandt after 1945