Heinrich Karsten Wagenfeld  Hein Wagenfeld (December 20, 1928 in Weimar, Germany - April 1, 2005 in Melbourne, Australia) was a German theoretical and experimental physicist known for his work in electron and X-ray crystallography especially X-ray diffraction relating to absorption and the Borrmann effect. He was highly regarded for his commitment to international understanding and peace. Wagenfeld was born to Bauhaus designer Wilhelm Wagenfeld and Elsa née Heinrich. He attended the Volksschule (primary school) in Oberweimar (1935 to 1938) and in Berlin Schlachtensee (1938 and 1939). From 1939 to 1943 he attended the Dreilinden Oberschule (high school) in Berlin Wannsee until his mother sent him out of Berlin due to the escalating bombing raids. He briefly attended high school in Weimar but his openly anti-Nazi attitude made the situation unsafe and he returned to live with his mother in Berlin. In Berlin in 1944 he received secret tuition in English and Mathematics from a retired Jewish teacher named Dr. Skutsch. In September 1944, Himmler, Reichsfuehrer of the SS, issued the decree that all men between 16 and 60 enter the Volksturm. When Wagenfeld turned 16 that December, he avoided the Volkssturm by enlisting in an Air Force Auxiliary unit and managed to survive the months till the end of the war without significant combat experience. From the age of 16-18 Wagenfeld was held British prisoner of war in the Munster Training Area (Munsterlager) in the Lüneburg Heath. He ‘doctored’ his discharge papers and discharged himself from prison camp in March 1947. From 1947-1948 he continued his schooling at the Lilienthal High School in Berlin Lichterfelde where he completed his Abitur (Matriculation). In October 1948 Wagenfeld commenced studying Ancient Languages and Philosophy at the Philosophical Faculty of the Free University Berlin but switched to the Science Faculty in 1949 with Physics as his major subject. He completed his Vordiplom (Bachelor of Science equivalent) in Physics in 1952. From October 1952 to 1958 he held a position of Assistant at the Fritz Haber Institute of the MPG in Berlin, in the department of Professor Dr. Kurt Molière, while continuing to study Physics part-time at the Free University. Wagenfeld’s Diplom thesis (Masters of Science equivalent) was for a project carried out at the Fritz-Haber-Institute under supervision of Professor Molière (“Untersuchung über die Feinstrukturen der Elektronenbeugungsreflexe durchstrahlter Mikrokristalle“ / Investigation of the fine structures in electron diffraction patterns of irradiated microcrystals).