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Czechoslovak politician. When the need after the Munich Treaty (1983) to replace President Eduard Benes of Czechoslovakia with a conservative, noncontroversial personality acceptable to German dictator Adolf Hitler, Hacha reluctantly switched from the presidency of te Supreme Administrative Court to the presidency of the Republic. On March 15, 1939, yielding to Nazi threats, Hacha placed the Czechoslovak people under the “protection” of Hitler, who retained him as president of the protectorate of Bohemia-Moravia. After the war Hacha, broken physically and mentally, died while awaiting trial for high treason.
German royal dynasty. It derived from a Swiss noble family that assumed the title of count in the late 11th century and acquired extensive possessions in northern Switzerland, Alsace, and Baden in the following two centuries. Count Rudolf of Habsburg was elected Holy Roman Emperor in 1237 as Rudolf I (q.v) and acquired Austria and Styria during his reign. Read the rest of this entry »
German industrial chemist who discoverd a practical method for the synthesis of ammonia from its elements, nitrogen and hydrogen. His first work was in electrochemistry and gas reactions. in 1991 he became director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physical Chemistry. Later he attempted to extract gold from sea water but was unsuccesful. He became a refugee from Germany in 1933. He received the Nobel Prize serves in 1918 for his ammonia synthesis.
