Paul Harteck

Paul Harteck Historical Figure Nationality: Austria (born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire), Germany, United States Year of Birth: 1902 Year of Death: 1985 Cause of Death: Natural causes Occupation: Chemist, Educator, Author of Non-Fiction Fictional Appearances: The Man With the Iron Heart POD: May 29, 1942; Relevant POD: May, 1945 Type of Appearance: Direct Date of Death: 1947 Cause of Death: Shot to death

Paul Karl Maria Harteck (20 July 1902 – 22 January 1985) was a German physical chemist. He was arrested by the allied British and American Armed Forces and incarcerated at Farm Hall for six months in 1945 under Operation Epsilon. After his release, he returned to academia.

Paul Harteck in The Man With the Iron Heart

Paul Harteck (1902-1947) was one of several scientists captured by the German Freedom Front in 1946. It had been Reinhard Heydrich's hope that the scientists might build the GFF an atomic bomb. Karl Wirtz disabused Heydrich of that notion.

Nonetheless, Harteck and his fellows were held in the underground Alpine Redoubt until 1947. When American forces arrived, Heydrich escaped, and ordered Harteck and several other scientists killed.

Before his capture by Heydrich, Harteck had planned to go the University of Hamburg.