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Werner Hartmann: Founder of microelectronics in East Germany

Book launch followed by a panel discussion

Wed / 28. Jan 26
17:00

Location
Technische Sammlungen
Junghansstraße 1 – 3
01277 Dresden
Date
Wed / 28. Jan 26
17:00
Admission
Free entry

Greeting
Katrin Stump, Director General of the SLUB Dresden

Panel discussion with

  • Dr Hans Becker, author and former employee of Werner Hartmann at the Dresden Molecular Electronics Laboratory
  • Prof Dr Günter Dörfel, former doctoral student and employee of Werner Hartmann at VEB Vakutronik Dresden
  • Dr Wolfram Drescher, entrepreneur and business angel in the Dresden semiconductor cluster

Moderation
Dr Ralf Pulla, Curator of the Dresden Technology Collections

The panel discussion will end with an opportunity for the audience to ask questions and make comments. Finally, there will be an opportunity to talk and exchange ideas.

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The great merit of the physicist Prof Dr Werner Hartmann (1912-1988) lies above all in his initiative for the development of microelectronics in East Germany. From the early 1960s onwards, he carried out pioneering work in this field, having previously been very successful in other high-tech sectors with his contributions to television and nuclear radiation measurement technology. With his arbitrary dismissal and humiliation, the pioneer of microelectronics in the GDR had his work brutally cut short in 1974.

As a young physicist, Hans Becker had worked at the Dresden research institute "Arbeitsstelle für Molekularelektronik", founded by Werner Hartmann, since 1963. There he witnessed and helped to shape the beginnings of microelectronics. Since 1986, Becker has been committed to honouring and rehabilitating Werner Hartmann. With the support of the VDE Dresden e. V. and the Dresden Technology Collections, the material from his research, lectures and publications has now been used to produce a biography that comprehensively honours the life and work of Werner Hartmann.

Bibliographical information
Becker; Hans: Werner Hartmann. The eventful life and great achievements of the founder of microelectronics in East Germany, Issue 10 in the series "Dresdner Hefte zur Geschichte der Elektrotechnik" of VDE Dresden e. V., Dresden 2025, ISSN: 2629-7167, 160 p., 15 €

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