Heinz Barwich: Ein unruhiger Weltverbesserer und die Kraft des Atoms

English summary: Heinz Barwich. A Restless World-Changer and the Power of the Atom: Heinz Barwich, founding director of the Rossendorf Central Institute for Nuclear Research at the Academy of Sciences, was one of the few outstanding physicists in the GDR who successfully implemented innovative technologies after their ten-year internment in the Soviet Union. Oscillating between physics and politics, the brilliant individualist tried in vain to instrumentalize the secret services of East and...