Talk:Fritz Haber

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Contents 1 "Jewishness" 2 And another thing 3 through the use of his invention, Zyklon B. 4 minor additional information

[edit] "Jewishness"

Is that word really correct? Shouldn't it be "his jewish background" Shanekorte 03:45, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] And another thing

this sentance : "Members of Haber's extended family died in concentration camps through the use of his invention, Zyklon B." seems stupid. His family members may have died in the concentration camps, but what proof is there that they were gassed? maybe they starved, or were shot, or worked to death. It is an ironic, even romantic notion that his family would suffer indirectly from his hands, but that notion does not belong in this article. maybe if the word "perhaps" were put in before the word "through" it could be rectified without being ... wrong. Shanekorte 04:03, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

 Word 'possibly' added. Norvo 00:32, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] through the use of his invention, Zyklon B.

can we have the exacte reference of this.

[edit] minor additional information

Cite:He was even given the rank of Captain by the Kaiser, a rare thing for a scientist too old to enlist in military service

He was give the title of Hauptmann (Captain) is true - but jews were (usually) not allowed in the officer corps - he was one of very very few exceptions. His promotion was only unusual on behalf of being a jew and not because of age or other reasons. The evening his wife killed herself - it was the party for both Ypres and his promotion to captain.

Also it should be noted that he was asked for help on the use of chemical weapons in Algeria and other places between WWI and WWII and did not fail to answer.

By WWI the huge increase in the size of the German Army meant that some of the prejudices against Jews were set aside, and a few were appointed as officers, especially if they had converted to Christianity and become hardline German nationalists. Cf. Heinrich Spiero, who was appointed to the Reichswirtschaftsamt and rose to the rank of Major. Like Haber, he was a convert to Protestantism. None of this diminishes the ironies of Haber's situation. Norvo, 16:03, 31 July 2006 (UTC).