The Adventurous Life of Friedrich Georg Houtermans, Physicist (1903-1966)

1. Friedrich’s Birth and Family Background
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2. His Youth in Vienna
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3. Student in Göttingen
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4. Assistant in Berlin
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5. Fritz’s First Marriage
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6. Life in Berlin
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7. Emigration to U.K. and U.R.R.S.
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8. Professor in Kharkov
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9. The Beginning of the Great Trials
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10. The Years of Prison
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11. An Overview of the Situation in Central Europe
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12. More About Fritz and Konstantin
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13. A Few Other Physicists’ Political Troubles
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14. Finally Out of Prison!
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15. Shaken by World-Wide Storms. Fritz’s Second Family
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16. An Outline of the Early Development of Applied Nuclear Energy in Germany
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17. From Berlin to Ronneburg
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18. In Göttingen Again
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19. Houtermans’ Third Family
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20. Fritz’s Fourth Family: His Departure
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21. Houtermans’ Scientific Work and Influence in Berne
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22. Why We Remember Him
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Keywords: Physics, History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics, Physics, general, Particle and Nuclear Physics, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology