ESTABLISHMENT AND ACTIVITIES OF THE CHAMBER OF TECHNOLOGY

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 27, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 11, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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on 6 ?'ay 1~;1;,6~ Cio?~h asc~,c~.~~tions :~?aint3:i.riec~ ;zuY~~~us distric~~ av, oc+ati?ns an.:~
co~-~i~ic.tae , c~ri~ich T.~ ~~ alNo r;onsir3ex~~3 cli~z..olved.
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?,Ize '.~cchn:a.c.:~.l i?nivex?sity, B;;"3in, a ~n *..~?.ose Co~~nuriis'c terclencies ?eve ~.~core
"'c~.~~' rti~~~ ,.oze r~ono~znced *rithin tho ?set t*.?ro yearo. Ttit? position off' v:,.ce ~
1 x~;:.~.c~.e~~c o' ~,hc ftdt !`~~s riven to e.'~;inet~~:' ii~3x ~ur~nt~:er, r,,~;ile Ind. `'c3tolz
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~~~aneod ~:~?~.n~ 'i.~ 'che FDG3. It also a~e2iveu su?~c~ntions fror' T!uh1iC #'unas,
dor o~+-^rZo ~'rt~~: -~t~c D''J'., it ~rza ~~v~ously r'ina aPd ~i3 fiche Zertr~.lgo~'=~Itunr~
.Ln:3tzN trio (ace t~zrar?l a E~h l5 0~ the a?~~ac~ze;.~ stag?tas } . On 3rJ June 191'9 the
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CEtJTPtiAL It1`iETJ.IGE;JCE QCET3CY
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1a. Shortly after its foundation the KdT pu?~13.shed the periodical D~a `! ech~.k.
This *~aper, as well as other pub7.4cationa by the RdT, aLs published b9 the
Verlag Tec'tw,ik GmbH, Berlin, Dorothees~strasse 1~1., i'ro~ts of this publish?-
ing house gre turd over to the KdT. The editor of b~.e T,~achnik was Dr. Kvr~
---- Gehlhoff who rea3gnad last yoar. Qehlhoff 8ueeeeded in ra3s3.s~ F~3e Techrt~
to such a high standard that it could ~ consiae~d equal. -co whQ for~aer V'DI
paxblic~a1;?aor~. tie was also able to g?t t~.ny t~7es~t Zone coZlaborntc~rs whc~ sesx~c
contributions to ttae psxiodical. Since at that tame the Most Zones did not
have a~gy technical pariodica3, D3Q ~n~k, teas bough.?~ ~ c~et~erly waho~a and ~;~:
12'd'q,8 8L1t)BCP~.tt9rs e
5. The ' has bean unshl? to metre aqy in~.~oads an the ?lest Zone, a~ Q~n ~ the
East Zorn the political 3.nflusnee which the SED taopQd far has bean aryt+ha,ag
but s~ctaanlar. Isar has ~~ KdT $chievad anyiching of importancti in tschns-
cal .cad scient3.f'ic fields. t3ssearash work is technical ~'3elds equa'~ling that
ai' the VDI hes net bF?E2a acaompl.iahad ter the KdT, Tho only snccesa the ~i' could
scow was the illegal ~ub33aatioa of the gDE reatzl.at3ons. iho:~~ y E ~ , lation$
ware stolen ~ - -
o? i ~ s u er me ioc~it~ an Y?cs
fhi2uc~ to beoome an efficient political F~eapor_, she ~'~~s ~~;D a~ FA03 soOn50X1-HUM
reB~ded it with disflavor and raoat~lsr toloratad 3t.
6. Lately, haver, thQ picture ef~nged and the SaT i.s ga,inin~ 3nporteaee again.
Since the establishment. of tht~ aat3ona3 Front in the East Zond the I{da a.s f;o
be used as a connecting lrink between ?~he nata.onalistic scientists end +~echraad
ciat2s of the East and ?~Jeat Zones. Yn axdar is fus~ther t:~i.s approach a :+ag
aon~ation took plane an 1S September 19.9 3n. Berlin which includod ins~~etion.
tours in the East Zone. The rceeting started at 20t3D in tho Gonventioratia?1.
of thca D?~t~ w3.th Pro~'? Hoanrich Frenek holding a d3sootarse ?about th? t'ns~a ?ST.Ize
Qera~an Techs~3.cal Intel3~geratei.a sad the P3a~c:tana?t Front". OthQr lecit~~s dc~2t
witI2 deonamy, techn.ea~ matters, Rnd nationz;I. unity, as y~ZZ as the tc~et.~.c~al.
antelli~ntsis f3~ntirtg for the ilat~on. Thom t,~x~ 100 visitors i`roffi tho ?Yost
?arses, a sgxceess about which tlae KdT 4ms verb proud: Fears ?,.S SeptEmber a3x?~a.1
30 Ssp#.a~zbar 1949 the ?3rst s~taa.2 coar~ontioms of the electro-technicians of
the Kd"~' ~,r..t.21. tats p~ac:e a$ CJoi~r. Fri. Uv Selbrs., vl.ee prESidarr~ of tho Dt~3f{,
4~:L1~. 6'~-`E~k about th9 GA ~?t1~.'-~ 't~lx ~s~.~'i'a1~11"F~1'3'E`tRFI ;3P7t~ ~'hA P7c~'L+ A t ~? ~l:c.
This conventiosa also irteludes 3.~pect~.oa ~i;ours i~iLO tt~ Ear~t Zone ~'ox~ tt~ ~-,~?~..
pose of cor_.vimcin~; the 1.1es'~ Zane vi.s3tors oa' uhe te??u,ical. pro~re~s madc the.~a
amd to prasolytize i;he~ to ?v~se idea Qf tI~e a?.t3or~a1 f'x~ant . ~,~, ~;h~~? :r~a,~?~z offaoe of
the i~T ti~,o important politica3. tasks oi' the organ3stion are r~t~iLe opsn.?.F
discussed.
7. Bdsides rise resin of~'ice ~rhatch is locatQd ~zt ~3nte~- dcn Lir~.en 12, the f~dT also
~3.ntaa.ns offa.ces st Fs?~rassa. .its ~zl.ti~a;? aim, 2~c~.~rsvorz is to ,~~ove into
the. i'or~r ~`DI house at $ras~denbus?ger Tor as soosa ~:s the ~'~T~IA gi~res its ~~x~3s--
sion az~d .aj~p2b'8R38 f'tznds for roconstruet:ioaa.
~. CFa3ef$ of the varZoi~.s sabdepartments (F~acYaa'bteilung~ m3ntioraed a.n paraf?r~pYa S
of the statutes a~ as Po2lowss
a. Forsctaua~ ~z33d ~hro - t?ipl. Zng. Junghsnns
b. t3ergbau, etc. - Dapl. Ing. Lgnclgs~bsr
c. Energie -Ins;. Sotanetistuhl.
d. r~ieehanische Techaitr and Tietallurg3.e ~ Dipl. Ten,. Theile
e. Verkehr ~ D3Pl.. Iraq. 5ehai'bQ (wxLl. leave soon)