15 Facts About Heinz Barwich

Heinz Barwich was deputy director of the Siemens Research Laboratory II in Berlin.

Heinz Barwich was director of the Zentralinstitut fur Kernforschung at Rossendorf near Dresden.

At the Siemens Research Laboratory II, Heinz Barwich became deputy to Hertz, who was director of the Laboratory.

Topics assigned to Gustav Hertz's Institute G included: Separation of isotopes by diffusion in a flow of inert gases, for which Gustav Hertz was the leader, Development of a condensation pump, for which Justus Muhlenpfordt was the leader, and Development of a theory of stability and control of a diffusion cascade, for which Heinz Barwich was the leader.

In 1946, Heinz Barwich worked out the theory of natural stability of separation cascades.

Heinz Barwich's results led to a reduction in the number of compressors required and the time needed for enrichment.

In October 1948, Gustav Hertz, Peter Adolf Thiessen, and Heinz Barwich were sent to a classified location to advise on problems related to the startup of the gaseous diffusion plant D-1.

Heinz Barwich became a member of the atomic energy commission which reported to the Socialist Unity Party Central Committee, a member of the Council for the Peaceful Use of Atomic Energy, and a member of the GDR Research Council.

Heinz Barwich was appointed to the Council of Scholars of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Soviet Union.

In May 1961, Heinz Barwich left Dresden to become deputy director of the OIYaI.

Heinz Barwich thus became the superior of the former Soviet spy Bruno Pontecorvo, who had fled to the Soviet Union in 1950.

In June 1964, Heinz Barwich returned to East Germany and resumed the directorship of the ZfK in July.

On 6 September 1964, just before the first Chinese atomic test, Heinz Barwich defected to the West, while at the Third Atoms for Peace Conference in Geneva; he had met many of the Chinese atomic scientists while at Dubna.

In December 1964, Heinz Barwich testified before the United States Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security.

Heinz Barwich had four children with his first wife, a son and three daughters.