EPISODE · May 19, 2026 · 3 MIN
Germany's Poison Gas: The Scientist Who Fought the First WMD
from The History of Germany: Kingdoms, War, and Rebuilding Europe — Fexingo History · host Fexingo
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the dark legacy of Fritz Haber, the Nobel Prize-winning chemist whose Haber-Bosch process revolutionized agriculture but whose development of chlorine gas at Ypres in 1915 made him the father of chemical warfare. They discuss Haber's patriotic fervor, the tragic opposition of his wife Clara Immerwahr who took her own life in protest, and how his work on Zyklon B later enabled the Holocaust. The conversation also touches on the wider scientific context: the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute, colleagues like Otto Hahn and Walther Nernst, and the moral questions that still haunt us today. #FritzHaber #ChemicalWarfare #Ypres #HaberBosch #ClaraImmerwahr #ZyklonB #KaiserWilhelmInstitute #OttoHahn #WaltherNernst #WWI #Germany #History #ScienceAndEthics #NobelPrize #PoisonGas #FirstWMD #FexingoHistory #20thCentury Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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