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); Bosch, an ardent anti-Nazi, founded the giant chemical company I.G. Farben, which Hitler took over and used to make supplies for World War II.
这两位杰出科学家在挽救数百万人免受饥荒之苦的同时，却因为各自后来的工作而臭名昭著，这恐怕是历史上最大的讽刺之一：哈伯身为德国犹太人，是一次大战中研发毒气的主要力量（他还参与了齐克隆B毒气的研究工作，这种毒气后来被用于集中营清洗）；而坚定的反纳粹人士博世则创立了大型化工企业法本公司，该公司后来被希特勒接管，为第二次世界大战生产军用物资。