Hans Heinrich Franck

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Hans Heinrich Franck (born November 22, 1888 in Würzburg , † December 21, 1961 in Berlin ) was a German chemist and technologist.

Life

Franck was the son of the painter Philipp Franck and father of the sculptor Ingeborg Hunzinger .

Heinrich Franck studied physics and economics at the TH Charlottenburg, the University of Berlin and the TH Karlsruhe. In 1912 he received his doctorate and in 1919 he completed his habilitation. Since 1917 he was a member of the SPD.

From 1921 he was head of the research laboratory of the Bayerische nitrogen works AG , from 1927 professor for technical chemistry at the Technical University of Berlin . In 1937 his professorship was revoked and in 1939 he was dismissed from the nitrogen works for political reasons. The political reasons were "Jewish Versippung"; he was married to a Jewish woman and, despite urging by the National Socialist government, did not get a divorce. From 1940 to 1945 he was director of the glass research institute of Deutsche Tafelglas AG.

From 1945 to 1948 he was director of the Piesteritz nitrogen works and at the same time professor for chemical technology at the TH Berlin-Charlottenburg . Franck joined the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) in 1946 and was therefore dismissed from the West Berlin university administration by the Berlin Senate in 1949 . After Enno Heidebroek resigned as president of the Chamber of Technology , which he wanted in vain to develop into a politically independent interest group of engineers based on the example of the VDI, Franck was its successor from 1949 to 1959. Also from 1949 he was a full member of the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin. In 1950 he received the chair for chemistry at the Humboldt University Berlin in East Berlin. From 1950 to 1959 he was also director of the Institute for Applied Silicate Research at the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin .

On September 3, 1950, he was elected to the federal executive committee at the 3rd FDGB congress. Franck was a member of the People's Chamber from 1950 . From 1954 to 1958 he was a member of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Franck was buried in the Pankow III cemetery and in 2005 he was reburied in the family grave in the old Wannsee cemetery.

Awards and honors

literature

Web links

Commons : Hans Heinrich Franck  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Short description of the estate of HH Franck . Archive of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences
  2. ↑ Karin Zachmann: Mobilization of women. Technology, gender and the Cold War in the GDR (= series "History and Gender". Vol. 44). Campus, Frankfurt am Main et al. 2004, ISBN 3-593-37629-6 , p. 172 , (At the same time: Darmstadt, Technical University, habilitation paper, 2002: Technology, Gender and Cold War. ).
  3. ↑ Ingeborg Hunzinger
  4. ↑ New industry profile and technical intelligence . In: Neues Deutschland , July 5, 1961, p. 3.
  5. ↑ Gunter Fischhold: Chamber of Technology. A contribution to the historical processing of the engineering association. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2011, ISBN 978-3-8448-6212-6 , p. 25, Google Books .
  6. ^ The new federal executive committee of the FDGB . In: Neues Deutschland, September 6, 1950, p. 4.
  7. ↑ Kulturbund-wittenberg.de
personal data
SURNAME Franck, Hans Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Franck, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chemist, technologist and politician, MdV
DATE OF BIRTH November 22, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Wurzburg
DATE OF DEATH December 21, 1961
Place of death Berlin