The third lecture from the series “Survival Guide (Through the Lens of Science)”

The idea of science as a “pure and independent” human activity, detached from politics, is highly romanticized and far from reality.

Using the example of biologists from the Russian Empire, the USSR, and Russia in the 20th and the first quarter of the 21st century, the lecture explores how it is technically possible — from designing experiments to publishing results — to continue doing science under conditions of war, repression, imprisonment, political persecution, forced emigration, and the Iron Curtain.

The third lecture focuses specifically on science during wartime.
How can one continue working as a Soviet scientist in a German research institute during 1941–1945?
This question will be examined through the life and work of Nikolai Timofeev-Resovsky.