Paul Harteck

Paul Harteck
1948
Born	Paul Karl Maria Harteck (1902-07-20)20 July 1902 Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Died	22 January 1985(1985-01-22) (aged 82) Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Humboldt University of Berlin
Awards	Wilhelm Exner Medal 1961
Scientific career
Fields	Physical chemistry
Institutions	University of Breslau,
Doctoral advisor	Max Bodenstein

Paul Karl Maria Harteck (20 July 1902 – 22 January 1985) was an Austrian physical chemist. In 1945 under Operation Epsilon in "the big sweep" throughout Germany, Harteck was arrested by the allied British and American Armed Forces for suspicion of aiding the Nazis in their nuclear weapons program and he was incarcerated at Farm Hall, an English house fitted with covert electronic listening devices, for six months.