Field Information Agency, Technical

Field Information Agency, Technical (FIAT) w​ar eine d​er Einrichtungen d​er Alliierten, d​ie den Entwicklungsstand d​er deutschen Forschung u​nd Entwicklung i​n Naturwissenschaft u​nd Technik g​egen Ende d​es Zweiten Weltkriegs s​owie danach ermittelten u​nd bis 1948 mehrere Schriftenreihen herausgaben. Einige dieser Schriften h​aben den Serientitel FIAT-Reports, FIAT-Reviews o​der Field Information Agency, Technical Reports.

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Die für Deutschland bestimmte Ausgabe d​er FIAT Review o​f German Science i​st unter d​er Bezeichnung FIAT-Berichte bekannt u​nd erschien u​nter Zulassung Nr. 20 d​er Nachrichtenkontrolle d​er Militärregierung a​ls vielbändige Reihe: Naturforschung u​nd Medizin i​n Deutschland 1939–1946. Wiesbaden: Dieterich'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung.

Beispielsweise erschien im Dezember 1948 Band 15 Elektronenemission, Elektronenbewegung und Hochfrequenztechnik. Der Teil I wurde herausgegeben von Georg Goubau und Jonathan Zenneck. Letzterer führte die Herausgabe ab 1947 allein fort, nachdem Goubau von den USA angefordert wurde im Zuge der Operation Paperclip.

Veröffentlichungen (Auswahl)

• Field Information Agency, Technical. "FIAT Review of German Science, Allied Edition." A series of reports and comprehensive library on the status of German science in various disciplines published after the war, from the time when Nazi control of information cut off the flow of scientific publications. Copies of the FIAT Review are still available from NTIS
• Bartels, Julius (1899–1964), [and others], 1948, Geophysics. [n.p.] Office of the Military Government for Germany, Field Information Agencies Technical, British, French, U.S., 1948. 2 volumes, illustrations, maps (part fold.); 23 cm. Series: FIAT review of German science, 1939–1946. Notes: Text in German. Includes bibliographies. OCLC: 04286518.
• Eppler, W. F., 1947, Bearing jewels of hardened synthetic spinel. [n.p.] Field Information Agency, Technical [1947] 40 pages including 9 tables; 27 cm. Notes: At head of title: Office of Military Government for Germany (US) ... OCLC: 12367985.
• Josephson, G. W., 1946, Kyanite and synthetic sillimanite in Germany. [S.l.]: Office of Military Government for Germany (US), Field Information Agency, Technical, 1946. 13 pages; 27 cm. Series: FIAT final report; no. 803. Notes: "26. April, 1946." Added Entry: Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945–1955 : U.S. Zone). Office of Military Government. Field Information Agency, Technical. OCLC: 27926539.
• Merker, Leon, 1947, The synthetic stone industry of Germany. [n.p.] Field Information Agency, Technical [1947] 24 pages; 27 cm. Notes: At head of title: Office of military government for Germany (US). OCLC: 12364098.
• Mügge, Ratje (1896– ), et al., 1948, Meteorology and physics of the atmosphere. [n.p.] Off. of Military Govt. for Germany, Field Information Agencies Technical, British, French, U.S., 1948. 291 pages, illustrations; 22 cm. Series: FIAT review of German science, 1939–1946. Notes: Text in German. Includes bibliographies. OCLC: 13374025.
• Rüger, Ludwig (1896– ), et al., 1948, Geology and palaeontology. [n.p.] Office of Military Govt. for Germany, Field Information Agencies Technical, British, French, U.S., 1948. 246 pages, folded map; 23 cm. Series: FIAT review of German science, 1939–1946. Notes: Text in German. Includes Bibliographies. OCLC: 13234581.
• Scheumann, Karl Hermann (1881– ), 1948, Petrography. [S.l.]: Office of Military Government for Germany, Field Information Agencies Technical, British, French, U.S., 1948. 2 volumes; 22 cm. Series: FIAT review of German science, 1939–1946. Notes: Text in German. Includes bibliographies. Part 1 – Minerals. Part 2 – Minerals and ores. OCLC: 01814899.
• Steinmetz, Hermann (1879– ), Berek, M., [et al.], 1948, Mineralogy. [S.l.]: Office of the Military Government for Germany, Field Information Agencies Technical, British, French, U.S., 1948. 304 pages, tables; 23 cm. Series: FIAT review of German science, 1939–1946. Notes: Text in German. "Mineralogische Lehrbücher": pages [291]-294. Bibliographical footnotes. OCLC: 4339330.
• Wissmann, Hermann von (1895– ), J. Blüthgen [and others], 1948, Geography. [n.p.] Office of Military Government for Germany, Field Information Agencies Technical, British French, U.S., 1948. 4 volumes in 1. Series: FIAT review of German science, 1939–1946. Notes: Text in German. Includes bibliographies. OCLC: 03375791.
• Zurmühl, Rudolf (1904- ), 1948. V2-Ballistik, in Angewandte Mathematik, FIAT-Bericht Band 7, Teil V (Editor Alwin Walther). Für Deutschland bestimmte Ausgabe, Dieterich-Verlag, Wiesbaden, 1948, S. 177–186.
• Field Information Agency, Technical (FIAT). 1945. "German Universities and Technical High schools." 21. August 1945. Issued by the UD Group Control Council (Germany), office of the Director of Intelligence, FIAT. Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA), Maxwell Air Force Base, AL. IRIS #115705.

Literatur

• Rainer Karlsch: Allein bezahlt?: Die Reparationsleistungen der SBZ/DDR 1945 - 1953. Reprint der Ausg. Berlin, Links, 1993 Auflage. Erlbe-Dnjepr-Verl., Klitzschen 2004, ISBN 3-933395-51-8.
• American policy and the reconstruction of West Germany, 1945-1955. ISBN 0-521-43120-4.
• "German Scientific Work in 1939–1945." The Military Engineer. March–April 1949. Page 139. Descriptions of the FIAT Reviews of German science.
• Mumford, Russell W., McAllister, Malcolm H., Smith, Joseph P., Into, A. Norman and Gloss, Gunter H. Office of Military Government for Germany (US). "The Mining and Refining of Potash in the American and British Zones of Germany." FIAT Final Report #1045. Field Information Agency, Technical (FIAT), Technical Industrial Intelligence Division, US Department of Commerce. March 5, 1947.
• Walker, C. Lester, Oktober 1946, "German War Secrets by the Thousands: Secrets By The Thousands." Harper's Magazine. S. 329–336.

Weblinks

• Eintrag der Reihe in der deutschen Nationalbibliothek