Otto Hahn's Death

The chemist Otto Hahn died at the age of 89. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Pioneer in radioactivity and radiochemistry, who is known as the ‘Father of of nuclear chemistry.’ He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1944 for the discovery of nuclear fission.

Born to parents Heinrich Hahn, a glazier and entrepreneur, and Charlotte Hahn, he had 4 older brothers: Karl, Heiner, Julius, and Otto.

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“First we attacked the Russian soldiers with our gases, and then when we saw the poor fellows lying there, dying slowly, we tried to make breathing easier for them by using our own life-saving devices on them.” (Otto Hahn)

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“At first the English were very surprised by our disregarding the Hague Convention. But from 1916 onward they used at least as much poison as we did.” (Otto Hahn)

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“I felt profoundly ashamed, I was very much upset.” (Otto Hahn)