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THE colony which has grown up at Dahlem in the suburbs of Berlin, consisting of the various departments of the Kaiser Wilhelm Gesellschaft, from which researches in all branches of science have added significantly to knowledge, is now a large one. The growth of the purely scientific laboratories has naturally brought with it other needs, for example, suitable lecture and meeting-rooms, a club-house and even residential facilities. These have been provided in the form of Harnack House, named after the first president of the Kaiser Wilhelm Gesellschaft, which is now responsible for no less than thirty research institutes it has called into being. Harnack House is essentially a co-operative concern; the German State provided the money for the building, the Prussian State presented the land, and individuals, industrial associations and public bodies all gave liberal assistance. It consists of large and small public rooms named after celebrities in the sentimental German manner, a canteen and a number of bedrooms. These are in the first place available for foreign men of science who are working at the Institute, and also for other foreign scientific workers of repute who are visiting it or are specially recommended. The terms are moderate and as the journey by the ‘underground’ takes less than half an hour, residence there for a single night or for a longer period may prove attractive to scientific workers visiting Berlin, particularly as Harnack House is a centre of research activity.
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Harnack House, Berlin-Dahlem. Nature 132, 890 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/132890a0
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