GDR INSTITUTE FOR HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH (2 PP; GERMAN MAY 1951)

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• Publication Date: August 3, 1951
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German Democratic Republic FDD Abstract
GDR IH=TUTF FOR HORTICULTURAL R'Ir;SARCH (2 pp; German; 25X1A
This report consists of a copy of a report, Which 25X1A
son$ains the following informs on on institute for Horticultural. esearch in
Muenchebergf Mark Brandenburg:
The Institute, which originated from the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Plant
Cultivation, is subordinate to the Get Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Since
it is currently provided with the In-25X1A
25X1A e#iu.te can carry out However, recurring difficul-
tie3, such as sabotage by the workers and the c o proper equipment and chemicals,
prevent intensive work and full utilization of the funds allotted. The Director of
t Institute since 1950, Dr. Martin Schmidt, is a figurehead only, since his func-
tion.is completely controlled by Alexy (fnu), the political-adi niatrative director,
who was appointed by the Politburo of the SE) (Socialist Unity Party). The Insti-
tute's most distinguished scientist, is Professor Mudra, is cam non-compromising in
his opposition to the Miohurin biological theory,
The Institute conducts research and experimental cultivation in the following
fields: a) fruit culture, in which excellent results have been obtained, for ex-
ample', in the cultivation of high-quality, frost-resistant apples, frost-resistant
plamu, blight-resistant gooseberries, etc; b) lupine seed culture{ in recent years
improvements have been made in the cultivation of sweet lupine; c) oil-bearing gourd
culture; noteworthy progress has been made in this field, and experiments are our-
rently being conducted to determine economic utilization of the fruit; d) forestry
cultivation; the Institute has an e3perimental forest of 660 hectares, where mainly
pine, poplar, and birch trees are, grown; e) cultivation of plants for use as fodder.
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Central Research Laborl&tory for Agricultural Research
Located at Muenchebergima*
The Institute is under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of the
DDR. It was created fromeloer Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Agricul-
tural Research which was transferred after the end of the war to Voldageen
near Hameln and continues there within the framework of the Max-Planck
Society. A large part of the stock and of the technilogical equipment was
evacuated to the West. The remainder of the group left in Muencheberg was
completely destroyed, that is to say it was dismantled. The buildings them-
selves were damaged relatively little.
Some of the former employees returned after the end of the war to 25X1A
Muencheberg. On the basis of special orders issued by Karlshorst, large 25X1A
quantities of material were made available for the reconstruction of this
project. Even though it is
to be carried out in some fie
the working force and machinery of various types, there are recurring diffi-
culties which prevent a continuing effort to be expended and which prevent
the previously allocated materials from being fully utilized. In this way,
for example in the last few years, the new and valuable material was re-
peatedly destroyed as a result of the unavailability of about 1 to 2 thousand
meters of machine wire for the erection of fences around the "Lupinenzuchtgaerten"
to protect them from destruction by rabbits. Research activities are also
stopped time and again for dearth of simple chemicals or of special equipment.
A continuing nervousness on the part of employees as a result of political
agitation and the dwindling of morale of the worker, in part conscious
sabotage was also practiced --? a similarly restrict' influence is exerted
on the developmental work.
The Director of the Institute since 1950 is Dr. Martin Schmidt }ef'-- -W
who has been employed at the Institute since 1930. Since 1934 he as been
the Chief of the Division for Fruit Culture. He is a very talented scientist
and has achieved great success in the field of fruit culture. During the
Nazi period he was acting as a denouncer (denunciant) in the removal of his
colleagues from the Institute, and in the past few years has let himself be
misused as the tool of Mitschurin biological theorA4t/,As the functioning
director he scarcely plays a role in the Institute, since he is fully de-
pendent upon direction from the political administrative director, Alexy, fnu,
who was appointed by the Politburo of the SED.
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