1. Robert Havemann studied chemistry in Berlin and Munich from 1929 to 1933, and then later received a doctorate in physical chemistry from the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute.
10 Facts About Robert Havemann
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Robert Havemann received a death sentence for treason, but his execution was continually postponed because of the intervention of former colleagues, who insisted that Havemann was as important due to his work on chemical weapons and that he was still needed to explain the research.
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Robert Havemann's execution was postponed so many times, he was able to survive until the Brandenburg-Gorden Prison was liberated by the Red Army.
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Robert Havemann continued his scientific work in the institute until he got barred from his laboratory in January 1950.
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Robert Havemann then became a professor of physical chemistry at the Humboldt University of Berlin.
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Robert Havemann became a member of the Volkskammer in 1950 and won one of the GDR's national prizes in 1959.
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Robert Havemann published articles in Sinn und Form criticizing modern socialism and revisionist works of the Western authors.
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Robert Havemann was a victim of the Stasi's psychological warfare program.
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Robert Havemann continued his work as a socialist critic and was put under house arrest in 1976, at his home in the village of Grunheide.
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In 2005, Robert Havemann was awarded the title Righteous among the Nations by the Israeli Holocaust memorial, Yad Vashem.