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Name something the Germans invented without googling (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I’m pretty certain he went on to become a staunch supporter of Hitler

The exact opposite is true.

[–] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I must have been remembering that his research between the World Wars lead to the development of Zyklon B muddled that up with some other chemist (maybe Otto Ambros?). I'll see if I can find my source.

Edit: probably Richard Kuhn who fell into line and fired Jewish coworkers at the direction of the Nazis or Herman Kolbe who was an outspoken German nationalist and anti-Semite. I use all three of them as examples of prominent scientists behaving badly in my O-Chem course.

[–] DaBPunkt@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Zyklon B was not developed for killing people. The most common usage was for killing lice in clothes. (To make it very clear: It was also used for killing people in Vernichtungslagern).

[–] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Zyklon B might not have been developed as a chemical weapon, but Haber was instrumental in developing and advocating for the use of chemical weapons explicitly on humans for Germany and Spain both during and after WWI (source)