THE EAST GERMAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

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• Publication Date: April 24, 1953
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SECURITY INFORMATION
East Germany
The East German Academy of Sciences
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 24 April 1953
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At the-end of 1952 there were mixch discussion in the office of the directors
East German Academy of Sciences, about the reorganization of the Acadenyb
Talks were also held in the Academy Praesidiixm and with the Central Committee
of the Party (Zy/SEED) o It eventually became known to the staff of the
director's ;offin4 that one major and three minor changes affecting the
Academy were to be made-
ao The whole emphasis of the Academyus scientific research work was to be-
shifted-away from fundamental research and towards industrial research.
be The philological work of the Academy was to be absorbed in the social
sciences section which would retain its importance.
c. The eclasses'8 within the Academy headquarters were to become departments.
do The director?s post was to be abolished; there would be a secretary to
2. In connection with the first and major change above, the Academy was to take
over many of the present functions of the Zentralamt fuer Forechung and
Technik in the administration and coordination of scientific research in
East Germany. In addition, more research inoti-tutes were to be attached to
the Academy. The *enforschun.gsinstitut at--Hennigsdorf9 for example, was
to become an Aoade institutes.
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The extraordjna-kyplenary session was an pcoasiou of great importance*
Walter Ulbri ht, Deputy Minister President? attended tlie'whole session
and made a long s%~ee h. High level representatives of all branches of
the' Last German Government, pa,& ro science an ndustzy,,j were preasri e
The Soviet Control Commission sent three 'r?epresentativei0 - ' The. ,Acade
speakers themselves emphasized the historical importance of.the meeting.
Representati se# of the oficial...eastern press were presen.t,to .recotd
Ulbrioht?s speech, which was published in full. They were, however, requested
not to publish the other business of the meetii
The fundamental job of the East German veMment is to promote socialism,.
The Academy of Soienoes must contribute by taking a 'leading role in all
scientific research in the futureo The training of new scientific personnel
is of great importance as is a study of s,c?exxtificc methods as applied in the USSR.
7o The following ten parts outline the East German Academy of Sciences'
fundamental assignment. _ ,_~
a. Part One Heavy lmdustrey
Produ makes the "Ea ail dingg 4up of Last Germany s
ction in'--the Fain-Vear-Flan
stay essential. Heavy machine oonstiuotion can be inoreased. Problems
of el,,s~ r i p ow production, coal production, geology; and raw ohemioa2.s ,. w
production are all related to this matter. Academy will, thereforen
met up a number of oor unions ,to illot reeearoh assiganments in the various
fields and to supervise these assignments.
1e commission for Metallurgy AK.
Prof . 1Dr o Maurer
Prof Q Dr. Werner Lange
Prof. Dr. kioke
Prof; Dr- Aagemanz
Prof. Dr. Alfred Lange
Prof. ,Dr. Ha- W*
Dr. L?aezaer
Yrita '$elbmann
'Rehtans
President
(zsonfrrous metals)
(nonferrous met41s)
(physioal chemistry)
('ferrous metals)
Minister of Mining and 8 eltimg
State Planing Gommissiom
2. Coin n Lesion for Questions of Keay Vachixe!Z
4'onetruotiox. Yo aoi4 he oonetruotion ofheary maohinery and the
rose t
use o remost oaf ty.
Members not at knomao
aommiesion for substions of Zaergy Pro.duotfo'
Prof. 'r.' Binder President
:,.,
4. tSOmmiss;ion for Questions of Opal Pr oduoti cm
Webers not yet lmows.
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1~rof Dx^d 8ertPAU Praa'~rls;.t
Pr0fa Dr, Leibr,ts
Dr,
"PI?Of a ' D?0 Thily
' Di. Corrine
Prof 0 Di trade
i~i^oi'o_ `tfib "Staiude
Dz 3 hnitzler
Cornnzjssion for^l estio~ga of Bast German deposits
o optleider ,4* ,of deposits
And the r~odupt3t rs conop~atraiese
r otp ,
Prot; Dr. 4,06 off,
Profe?a is(:
33r;b ~tei^iok
1 1 .
Prof, Dr a. 1fat e*a%,2
the mining of materials
Presidents
$oieaitifio seoretar~r
Binder will by gAp?Fibliv `for those !ommissiona*
eaThin "" ~~was pres.
poist presented without abangO to the 'we"
,bo
were not eutiod) a-
arb Tiro. $ooial l8,eieupos
1, The 4oadnw will,_i*orease its work in the field of sooil soienoese
`The work will $uppor* the idea of the uzii y of the G"A peoples
a- d their sooia e_ ogaeo .,eaaoe? It is Ttrtioularl r important to
eaiioourage sooiali4~o historioal researoh'ga4 Writi ng, as the bourgeois
srprotation Qf, *4940 has played ?suoh a dominating role ii Germany
for so ioa?rr de~ads
2 The ,cradeaapr will draaj,tp plans for this wpa?k, by 1 dune 1865 and will
appoint a; ooanailoton under the presidencsy of Fringe, to deal with,
~_,YPresenlsad without .ohange, omitting only the *aim 8, of
o,
uirt : T1ree, Produotiritr
r...
Thi ;load wi11a until 1965 (the end of -the Pte-Year. Plan), puppor$
-the-Matioaslised industries In increasing their produotivity by 10%i
this will be done by suggesting now soientifio meethodse daeokel sad
Frenssl will' help?-'
( o, Presented without of aage, other,than the oaission of the names)
Part Douro Liaison with industrial Qrks
The f-osdeampr will make arrs-ngezenti with a st04b$ of leading works to
rove their eoiest`lf io researohe late C?irens will iel'p,
($ ~sd Presented without ohdnge, other than the omission of the name),
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em Part Five, Artificial Fiber
The of the wool needs .of our population and of our State cannot be mete because
glneral shortage of wool in the world, by buying from the, capitalist
world markets. The Academy wills therefore, set up a special commission,
charged with laying before the Ministry _of Light -Industry and the State
Planning Commission by 1 July 1953, ;a detailed plan to deal with the
situation, Tx: o plan will show how new artificial fibers produced from
available-East German raw materials can together with what wool is
available, assure that 'East 'German needs are satisfied*o The plan"' 11
also deal in detail with invstments,:workers, machines and buildings,
*Production should start in 1955,, so that in 1956 the wool-needs of
.East Gernapy oars, through new scientific methods and the efforts of the
working population, be satisfied from our own efforts90a
The Academy's special' commission will include Dr,' Correns Frensel#
Prof. SommerF, Dro Winkler, and Dr, Klarf,
(Nate
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Only Coxu~?en?s e
name was mentioned)o
Part Six,
la For the growi eds of the p01oplea and of the State, the amount of
metal available in Last Germany is too small". The Academy will there-
fore increase its research on synthetic materials which in -i certain
oases can take the place of irpm or of heavy. nonferrous metals complete .y,0
The Academy will conceT,n itself-particularly with its work in the fields
of polyesters and mixed polymers
2- Similar considerations apply to wood and substitutes for its
30 A 3ommis sion will be appointed to deal with this matter.
(?t a e'lles was mentioned as
pr?6 dent of the commission).
gb Paa?t ' Se~e? ~.~o? any chemist
The Acaderagr-will appoint a commission to consider questions of mineral
salt research,' Tie treatment of mixed raw salts in the potassium industry
will be treated particularly urgentlyD so also will methods of scientific
treatment and the use of waste products in the potassium industry. The
development of an industry for magnesium chloride treatment is the principal
problem
(Votes. This point was. broadenedo As presented at the plenary session,
t ae~maaiet- problem was said to be in the field of condensation and hydrolysis
of polybasic acids and acid saltso Comprehension of the problem would be
of great importance i.xi the glass and cement industries. If this could be
understood, new artificial products could be derived from common silicate
raw materials, Secondly, researoh"on' the production of magnesium hydro-
silicate wo rld be carried out In 195. This would be a substitute for talc
which is hardly available in East Germany and consequently would make
Pa 4 P'hh sic Mathematics and Biology
16 The Academy will increase the research work of its physical institutes,
concentrating on the scientific problems of productioata this applies
particularly to the following institutes..
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-Iiijititt fuer 3as6ntladuncspb rsik
Insti-L t -fu6i strahluhgsquollen
-Ills itUt fi pbysikmlische Hydrographie
Heft i ioh Her Instituu fuor Sohwingungsforsohung
I13igti>rixt-fixer tiptikV
eInstitut fuer !ristallpbYPik" or Institut fuer Festkoerperforsohux .
The Inst .tut Tuer Erdbebenf $rsohung, will improve the instruments and
methods of ore bed research.
26ues?io. of plank; breeding and disease will be considered -jointly
-with the Academy of Agricultural Scienoeo
attention will be paid to the application of
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znat emi
statistical methods to production control and to the development
of calculating machines using new electrical aidso
Noaok will assume reeponsi-pility for' these problems
-Part Nine. Health.
The AcadeW will present to' the Ministry of IIealth by 1 March 19538 a
plan for intensitjring work on the research on and the handling of diseases
lading to loss of working hours. This applies particularly ,to cancer.
Attentioxn Will also bey paid to dietetics. Lohmann will be responsible
for those problems.
Pif Research
Pa r?t 1~.
IA 1953-tbe Academy will begin to work out a program of research for last
Gei any Thu s I-M- it Bete mine ~ the direction to be taken in the chief
fields of scientific .research...
Lisi of pergons mentioned in this report, with their positions in East
Germany 8
Bertsoh9 Heinrioh$
Binder, Ludwig
Oki".
you Bubuoff a
Correns9 Eriohs
Deubel8 Fritzs
icke,e Otto s
-Prof. Dr. Ingo Professor of Teohnology
at the Humboldt University of East Berlin.
Prof. Dr. Ing. ~ -- _ ~ 25X1
Dresden. 25X1
Engineering at the Teobnisohe Hoohsohulee
Pra o Da?o hil o C
Professor of Geology at the Numbct of
Univeral and Direotor`of the Academy?s 25X1
Geoteotonio Institute.
Prof. 11r. 'phi1o l 25X1
Director of .the Aoademy?s Institute for
giber'Meeaearcho President of the Praesidium
of the East German National Council.
Prof; Dr'o 25X1
Professor of Gy Jena University-
Prof'.-Dro.Ingo Dro most. Research Inivbitute
for Nonferrous Metals. Freiberg- SaXoaWO 25X1
prof o WO phil.
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Professor'of Chemical Technolo
A+ lia Tmmboldt University.
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Ertel, Hans;
Yrenz'el, Walter;
Fri gsa Theodor;
Gotham,, Walther;
Guerioke; fuu;
Hauf?fep Earl. NejLrioh ;
Jaeokel,' faau$
ICLare, fer to ;
?Xaoell, Ramat
Rraemerp Heinrich;
La. e, Alfredo
Lange, Werner;
Langhans, Siegfried;
Leibnitz, Eberhard;
Leutwein, Friedrich;
Vfse pres'`dent of,-the- oademvo Director of
Asa 4es r s Inst u ~ f" ? ' reioal walib,
it the Humboldt University,"
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Acs e y Ins$itute'for fiber Technology,
Copitz aiea?'~Dx?esdeaao Professor of Textile
Engineering, Teohnische Hoc hschule, Dresden, eto,
Prof';; .Ii
Prof j( a . Phil a
President of the Saxony Academy of Seienoesa
Professor' "German Language and Literature at
Leipzig University.
Prof o .Drs I
the -Humboldt University, Consultant to the
East German Geological Commission.
Meokle burgo Professor of Palaeotoitaxy at
Dra ?
Prof a 1)r-. Ing. Physical chemist, director of
ors 1dal -chemistry.
the nboldt University's Institute of
'Possibly the Dro Jaeokel (fmu)' 'moo joined the
Vi?'--Director of- artificial fiber works,. Walter
Ulbrioht, Sohwarzae 25X1
Profs Drs med. Director of Jenapharm VEB.
Director of-the "new-Institute for itiorobiology
aria-iigei,?izaeutai Therapy, Jina=Beuthenberg and
A tbiotios-epeoialiit; Awarded National Prize
1962- 'for his work on penicillin and strepto-
myo in.
Dr,._ Ing, DireotorD Central Construction Office
of the Metallurgical Industry.
Prof o Dr. Imgo lead of the Zentralamt fuer
Poreoliua' and Teohnik. Professor of metallurgy
at the Bergakademie, Freibergo
Pe soria1?,Assistant to the Director
Aoaderk*._ of Boie&ces e
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Prof. Dro g. Professor of Ohenioal Technology
at the University of Leipzig. 25X1
Prof. Dre phile
l iiiex?alo iet" and
' geochemist.
Lohman, Karl;
Dr , edo .Dr. phil.
"Professor of l iysiologioal. Chemistry
at the"."$ienboldt_'University. Deputy director of
the Aoademm .." s Institute for Medicine and Biology#
Berlin?Buok.
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Maurer, Eduard;
Heisser (sic)1
Naas, Josef;
Nelles, fnu
Noack, ]Hurt,,
rror J i .I
Director of the Iron Research
.Institute, Eennigsdorf. Professor of iron
metallurgy at the Humboldt University. 25X1
Dr-fathetician. Director of the Academy
since 1946.
Di-G' 0hemiisohes Work Buna Sohkopau, near
WerseburS,
hit.
Prof. of Botany at the Humboldt
Panning, Guenther;
Rehbanz, Horst,
Sohnitzler, fnu
Sommer, Herbert;
Staude, Herbert;
Steinitz, Wolfgang;
Thilo, Erich Wudolph Julius;
Treibs, Wilhelm;
University. Secretary of the Academy's
section of mathematics and general science.
Secretary, Politburo of the SED. 25X1
'ore Zentralamt fuer Forsohung and Teohnik -
chemistry.
State Planning Commission - Industry.
Dr. ?
Head of textile test section of the
Aisademy?s-"Institute for Fiber Researoha
Teltowm$eehof.
Prof Dr. Ing.
Prod, -'Di.- habil.
Professor ' of Physical
University of Leipzig.
Chemistry,
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Profe =Di ..phil0 25X1
] ,Pr,ofessor' of Finno.grto Languages
at the Humboldt University.
Frvf 'Giro phil.
Professor of Chemistry at 25X1
the umboldt University. Director of the
Aoidemyas Institute for Inorganic Chemistry25X1
Prof a D~?e phil.
Professor of Organic Chemistry
in Leipzig University. 25X1
Wagemann fnu;
Watznauer, Adolf;
Winkler, fnu ;
.Zing, fnu;
Wismut AGO' geologist
Drd Director of VEB Aunstseidenwerke
WilhelmPieok, Premnitz.
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