Florian Schmaltz – författare

This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license. On April 22, 1915, the German military released 150 tons of chlorine gas at Ypres, Belgium. Carried by a long-awaited wind, the chlorine cloud passed within a few minutes through the British and French trenches, leaving behind at least 1,000 dead and 4,000 injured. This chemical attack, which amounted to the first use of a weapon of mass destruction, marks a turning point in world history. The preparation as well as the execution of the gas attack was orchestrated by Fritz Haber, the director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry in Berlin-Dahlem. During World War I, Haber transformed his research institute into a center for the development of chemical weapons (and of the means of protection against them).Bretislav Friedrich and Martin Wolf (Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, the successor institution of Haber’s institute) together with Dieter Hoffmann, Jürgen Renn, and Florian Schmaltz (Max Planck Institute for the History of Science) organized an international symposium to commemorate the centenary of the infamous chemical attack. The symposium examined crucial facets of chemical warfare from the first research on and deployment of chemical weapons in WWI to the development and use of chemical warfare during the century hence. The focus was on scientific, ethical, legal, and political issues of chemical weapons research and deployment — including the issue of dual use — as well as the ongoing effort to control the possession of chemical weapons and to ultimately achieve their elimination.The volume consists of papers presented at the symposium and supplemented by additional articles that together cover key aspects of chemical warfare from 22 April 1915 until the summer of 2015.

This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license. On April 22, 1915, the German military released 150 tons of chlorine gas at Ypres, Belgium. Carried by a long-awaited wind, the chlorine cloud passed within a few minutes through the British and French trenches, leaving behind at least 1,000 dead and 4,000 injured. This chemical attack, which amounted to the first use of a weapon of mass destruction, marks a turning point in world history. The preparation as well as the execution of the gas attack was orchestrated by Fritz Haber, the director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry in Berlin-Dahlem. During World War I, Haber transformed his research institute into a center for the development of chemical weapons (and of the means of protection against them).Bretislav Friedrich and Martin Wolf (Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, the successor institution of Haber’s institute) together with Dieter Hoffmann, Jürgen Renn, and Florian Schmaltz (Max Planck Institute for the History of Science) organized an international symposium to commemorate the centenary of the infamous chemical attack. The symposium examined crucial facets of chemical warfare from the first research on and deployment of chemical weapons in WWI to the development and use of chemical warfare during the century hence. The focus was on scientific, ethical, legal, and political issues of chemical weapons research and deployment — including the issue of dual use — as well as the ongoing effort to control the possession of chemical weapons and to ultimately achieve their elimination.The volume consists of papers presented at the symposium and supplemented by additional articles that together cover key aspects of chemical warfare from 22 April 1915 until the summer of 2015.

Formen und Dimensionen der Mobilisierung und des Verfalls wissenschaftlicher Ressourcen im Nationalsozialismus.In welchen Dimensionen wurden zwischen 1933 und 1945 Ressourcen für die Forschung mobilisiert? Diese zentrale Frage des Verhältnisses von Wissenschaften und Politik im Nationalsozialismus wird für ein breites Spektrum an wissenschaftlichen Einzeldisziplinen thematisiert. Den zeitlichen Schwerpunkt bildet dabei der Zweite Weltkrieg. Konzeptionell wird eine Erweiterung und Differenzierung des Ressourcenbegriffs angestrebt.Die räumliche Dimension der Ressourcenmobilisierung im europaweiten nationalsozialistischen Herrschaftsbereich markiert noch immer ein bedeutendes Desiderat der wissenschaftshistorischen Forschung. Im Fokus der Aufsätze steht der von Deutschland forcierte Transfer in die und aus den annektierten Ländern und besetzten Gebieten. Wie »effizient" waren Ressourcenaneignung und -raub im okkupierten bzw. verbündeten Europa für die NS-Diktatur? Welche Unterschiede lassen sich je nach europäischer Region ausmachen? Wie vernetzten sich dabei die gesellschaftlichen Teilsysteme Wissenschaft, Staat, Militär und Wirtschaft?