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unusual facts about 1937 in Germany


1937 in Germany

28 May - Volkswagen, state-owned carmaker, is formed to produce the new people's car.



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Max Bockmühl

Methadone was developed in 1937 in Germany by scientists Max Bockmühl and Gustav Ehrhart working for I.G. Farbenindustrie AG at the Farbwerke Hoechst (it is synthesised from 1,1-diphenylbutane-2-sulfonic acid and dimethylamino-2-chloropropane) who were looking for a synthetic opioid that could be created with readily available precursors, to solve Germany's opium shortage problem.