Heidelberg Talks Online about Hitler’s Atomic Bomb

Rhine-Neckar, November 12, 2025, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM

Cover picture of the DAAD Alumni & Friends event ‘Heidelberg Talks Online’

The next Heidelberg Talks Online (HTO) session takes place on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 7 – 8.30 pm CEST (GMT/UTC +2).

The topic will be:


Hitler’s Atomic Bomb: History, Legend,
and the Twin Legacies of Auschwitz and Hiroshima


The speaker will be Mark Walker, John Bigelow Professor of History at Union College in Schenectady, New York. He received a B.A. degree from Washington University and an M.A. as well as a Ph.D. degree from Princeton. Prof. Walker teaches modern European history and the history of science and technology. His research interests include the nuclear age, National Socialism and comparative history of science and technology under extreme political regimes. With the support of the DAAD, he has spent two academic years in Munich to do research for his doctoral dissertation.

Please register by e-mail at fk-rhein-neckar@daad-alumni.de and find out about previous HTO events on this website.