Surviving the Swastika: Scientific Research in Nazi GermanyOxford University Press, 1993 - 280 páginas Surviving the Swastika examines scientific research under National Socialism through the prism of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society for the Advancement of the Sciences, a semi-private umbrella organization which founded and maintained institutes for basic scientific research. Home to over twenty Nobel-prize winning scientists, the prestigious forerunner of the Max Planck Society was at the forefront of scientific advance in the first half of the twentieth century. Surprisingly, the Society not only survived National Socialism, but often thrived. Kristie Macrakis provides a full-scale analysis of the Society's development within the context of the phases of a polycratic National Socialist state. A spectrum of responses to National Socialism existed there from moral probity to accommodation and opportunism. Macrakis uncovers this differentiated scientific and social landscape by covering topics ranging from Max Planck's failed negotiations with recalcitrant government officials regarding the expulsion of Jews and Communists to his success in securing a thriving community for basic biological research in Berlin-Dahlem, from the practice of nuclear power research to institutional growth. |
Contenido
Introduction | 3 |
BEGINNINGS | 9 |
NATIONAL SOCIALISM | 49 |
Epilogue | 187 |
Conclusion | 199 |
Appendix | 207 |
Notes | 215 |
Sources | 249 |
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Términos y frases comunes
administration Adolf Adolf Butenandt agricultural Aktennotiz Albert Vögler Alfred Kühn appointment April Archive Army Weapons Office atomic basic research became Becker began Berlin Berlin-Dahlem Biochemistry Butenandt Carl chemical created Dahlem Diebner dismissal Education Ernst Esau eugenics financial support Four Year Plan Fritz Haber genetics German Research German science Germany's Glum Göring Göttingen Harnack House head Heisenberg Hitler Ibid important industrialists industry insti institute directors Institute for Biology Institute for Physics January July Kaiser Wilhelm Gesellschaft Kaiser Wilhelm Institute Kaiser Wilhelm Society Krüß laboratory leaders Max Planck meeting Mentzel Merseburg military Minister MPGA National Socialist Nazi Neuberg NSDAP nuclear organization Otto Hahn party physiology political president Professor Prussian Ministry Reich Ministry Reich Research Council research institutes Richard Goldschmidt Rust scientific members scientific research senate Siemens Society's Speer Telschow Thiessen Third Reich tion tute University uranium Warburg Weimar wrote ZStA