The MPIE from 1917 until Today: History of the Institute

The following pages present the most important chapters of our Institute's history.

01: The Background Story of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Eisenforschung

Fritz Wüst and the Central Issue of Metal Research

02: The Initial Years of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Eisenforschung

03: Das Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Eisenforschung during the Weimarer Republic

04: The new building of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Eisenforschung

05: The Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Eisenforschung during the Nazi Era until 1943

06: After 1943: Bomb Damage, Evacuation to Clausthal and End of War

07: The Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Eisenforschung during the immediate Post-War Era

08: 1950s and integration into European research relations

09: The Restructuring of the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung in the 1970s

10: The Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung and the impact of the steel crisis

11: New challenges - the structural refurbishment and reorientation

12: The Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung Today

The text was investigated and written by:

Neumann & Kamp Historische Projekte

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