Horst Böhme, born Johann Friedrich Horst Böhme (30 May 1908 in

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– 27 July 1996 in

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) was a German chemist. He became an expert on

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. During the war, he worked from 1943 at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry at Berlin-Dahlem.''Pathways to Human Experimentation, 1933-1945: Germany, Japan, and the United States'' by Gerhard Baader, Susan E. Lederer, Morris Low, Florian Schmaltz and Alexander V.Schwerin; ''Osiris'', 2nd Series, Vol. 20, ''Politics and Science in Wartime: Comparative International Perspectives on the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute'' (2005), p213. After the war, he became a professor of chemistry and a rector of the

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Literature

* Horst Böhme: ''Lehr- und Entwicklungsjahre eines Pharmazeuten in Berlin und München'', (2 Teile), Deutsche Apotheker-Zeitung, 1989, ''129'', 2707–2712 und 2832–2840. * Christoph Friedrich: ''Wissenschaftliche Schulen und die Marburger Pharmazie'', Pharmazeutische Zeitung 2001, ''146'', 2410–2418. * Klaus Hartke: ''Professor Dr. Dr. h. c. H. Böhme, Marburg, 65 Jahre'', Deutsche Apotheker-Zeitung 1973, ''113'', 811. * Gunther Seitz: ''Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Horst Böhme, Marburg, zum 70. Geburtstag'' Pharmazeutische Zeitung 1978, ''123'', 948. * Bernhard Unterhalt: ''Horst Böhme 75 Jahre'', Deutsche Apotheker-Zeitung 1983, ''123'', 1031–1034 (mit Bibliographie). * Christoph Friedrich: ''Horst Böhme – ein bedeutender pharmazeutischer Chemiker'', Pharmazeutische Zeitung 2008, ''153'', 88−90. 1908 births 1996 deaths People from Bernau bei Berlin Scientists from the Province of Brandenburg 20th-century German chemists Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Academic staff of the University of Marburg Members of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina Sturmabteilung personnel Knights Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany {{Germany-chemist-stub