Otto Ambros
German chemist (1901–1990)
Otto Ambros (19 May 1901 – 23 July 1990) was a German chemist and Nazi war criminal. He is known for his wartime work on synthetic rubber (polybutadiene, or "Buna rubber") and nerve agents (sarin and tabun).2
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Born May 19, 1901, died Jul 23, 1990.1
About
After the war he was tried at Nuremberg and convicted of crimes against humanity for his use of slave labor from the Auschwitz III–Monowitz concentration camp. In 1948, he was sentenced to 8 years' imprisonment, but released early in 1951 for good behavior.
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Companies
Early life and education
- Date not recordedLudwig-Maximilians-Universität München3
The son of a university professor, Ambros attended school and passed his Abitur exam in Munich. In 1920, he went to the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München to study chemistry and agricultural science. In 1925, he gained a doctorate, studying under the 1915 Nobel Prize for Chemistry winner, Richard Willstätter.
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Career
Occupation: engineer, chemist.6
Personal life
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