#fritz haber
Clara Immerwahr was married to the German chemist Fritz Haber (awarded the Nobel Prize in 1918), who is also called the “father of chemical warfare” for his development of poison gas used in World War I.
Haber personally oversaw the use of the gas in warfare on 22 April 1915 during the Second Battle of Ypres, during which the German troops released 168 tons of gas on the French soldiers.
Haber returned home and on 2 May 1915, after an argument with his wife, the 44-year-old Clara shot herself in the heart with her husband’s service revolver. She was found by her 12-year-old son, Hermann, and died in his arms. There has been much speculation that her suicide was a direct response to her husband’s efforts in the war. The news of her suicide was reported 6 days later, in the small local newspaper:“the wife of Dr. H. in Dahlem, who is currently on the front, has set an end to her life by shooting herself.” She was 44.
Hermann Haber committed suicide in 1946.
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