It ranks among the great ironies of history that these two brilliant men, credited with saving millions from starvation, are also infamous for other work done later: Haber, a German Jew, was a central force in developing poison gas in World War I (and also performed research that led to the Zyklon B poison gas later used in concentration camps);
Et c’est l’une des grandes ironies de l’Histoireamp#160;: ces deux brillants chercheurs, qui ont permis de sauver des millions d’hommes de la famine, ont refait parler d’eux quelques années plus tard.