Nikolaus Wark

Nikolaus Wark (born January 18, 1881 in Böwen , Luxembourg ; † in the 20th century) was a Luxembourg metallurgist .

Life and activity

Wark studied from 1904 to 1909 at the Technical University of Aachen. In 1912 he received his doctorate with a thesis on iron carbide to Dr. rer. nat .

From 1911 Wark worked in industry, most recently as technical director of the Reinholdshütte (Becker steelworks). In 1934 he received a teaching position for the metallurgy of iron at the TH Aachen.

Around 1938, Wark fled abroad for reasons that had not yet been clarified in the literature. He was classified as an enemy of the state by the National Socialist police. In 1940 he was placed on the special wanted list by the Reich Security Main Office in Berlin, which suspected him to be in Great Britain , a list of persons who, in the event of an occupation of the British Isles by the Wehrmacht , were given special priority by special SS units that were to follow the occupation forces should be located and arrested.

Fonts

Determination of the solubility line of iron carbide (Fe ₃ C) in γ-iron. Investigations into the polyhedron structure in iron-carbon alloys , 1911.

literature

Ulrich Kalkmann: The Technical University of Aachen in the Third Reich (1933–1945) , 2003, p. 531.

Individual evidence

^ Entry on Wark on the special wanted list GB (reproduction of the special wanted list GB on the website of the Imperial War Museum in London) .

personal data
SURNAME	Wark, Nicholas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Luxembourg metallurgy
DATE OF BIRTH	January 18, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH	Böwen , Luxembourg
DATE OF DEATH	20th century

[1] Entry on Wark on the special wanted list GB (reproduction of the special wanted list GB on the website of the Imperial War Museum in London) .