Haber, Fritz archives

Haber, Fritz, photograph. Austrian Archives/Corbis. Reproduced by permission p. 188 Karen getting hair highlighted by stylist Patti (unseen), sheet of foil under lock of hair, at Maximillian s Salon, photograph by Kelly A. Quin. Reproduced by permission p. 192 The first blobs of isolated aluminum, photograph. James L. Amos/Corbis. Reproduced by permission p. 193 Chlorine gas, in a clear jar, photograph by Martyn F. Chillmaid. Photo Researchers, Inc. 

It was obvious to many, apparently, that discord and disappointment filled the marriage of Fritz Haber and Clara Immer-wahr. And most of their acquaintances—or at least those whose memories ended up in archives—blamed Clara. 

Had it not been for Fritz Haber s friends, the details of his life would quickly have disappeared and no biography would have been possible. Haber died an outcast, without a permanent address or a professional home to safeguard his files. The cataclysms of war and genocide scattered his family and most of his closest friends across two continents. Correspondence lay abandoned in basements and bombs destroyed some of the archives containing records of Haber s work. 

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