leave [14] because, in his opinion, Staudinger did not seem to be nationalistic
enough. This was especially because of several publications at the end of WWI and
afterwards described the translation, in which Staudinger described translation of
the energy generated from technical sources into the useful energy a horse produces
within 1 year (Pferdekraftjahre, equivalent to 2,100 kWh/year) or later into “technical slaves” because a person is approximately one seventh of a horse’s working
equivalent, i.e., 300 kWh/year. The analysis showed that in 1919 the USA had
many more “technical slaves” available [15]. Staudinger eventually had to sign a
sheet that would be used as an application for dismissal in case he did not behave
well. Lautenschla ¨ger, Staudinger’s former Ph.D. student, was by then the first
director of pharmaceutical research at IG-Farben in Hoechst and, from 1931, he
was also on the IG-Farben Board of Directors. Later, in 1942, he became
“Wehrwirtschaftsfu ¨hrer” (head of an important factory for warfare materials)
[16], therefore the support of Lautenschla ¨ger was important for Staudinger. Additionally, Staudinger became a supporting member of the SS and NSDAP [13, 17],
Fig. 2 The subject of page
9 of the special
Simplicissimus brochure is a
humorous poem concerning
the polymerization of
butadiene to obtain
synthetic rubber (Kautschuk
in German). This brochure
is dated 12 July 1912 and
was created for Staudinger
on the occasion of his
departure from Karlsruhe to
take up an appointment at
Zurich-ETH
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enough. This was especially because of several publications at the end of WWI and
afterwards described the translation, in which Staudinger described translation of
the energy generated from technical sources into the useful energy a horse produces
within 1 year (Pferdekraftjahre, equivalent to 2,100 kWh/year) or later into “technical slaves” because a person is approximately one seventh of a horse’s working
equivalent, i.e., 300 kWh/year. The analysis showed that in 1919 the USA had
many more “technical slaves” available [15]. Staudinger eventually had to sign a
sheet that would be used as an application for dismissal in case he did not behave
well. Lautenschla ¨ger, Staudinger’s former Ph.D. student, was by then the first
director of pharmaceutical research at IG-Farben in Hoechst and, from 1931, he
was also on the IG-Farben Board of Directors. Later, in 1942, he became
“Wehrwirtschaftsfu ¨hrer” (head of an important factory for warfare materials)
[16], therefore the support of Lautenschla ¨ger was important for Staudinger. Additionally, Staudinger became a supporting member of the SS and NSDAP [13, 17],
Fig. 2 The subject of page
9 of the special
Simplicissimus brochure is a
humorous poem concerning
the polymerization of
butadiene to obtain
synthetic rubber (Kautschuk
in German). This brochure
is dated 12 July 1912 and
was created for Staudinger
on the occasion of his
departure from Karlsruhe to
take up an appointment at
Zurich-ETH
Staudinger’s Time in Karlsruhe and His Later Relations with Karlsruhe
57