also instrumental in establishing the society across the allied zones, including the French zone. Presidents Adolf von Harnack (1911–1930) Max Planck (1930–1937, 16 May 1945 – 31 March 1946) Carl Bosch (1937–1940) Albert Vögler (1941–1945) Otto Hahn (1 April 1946 – 10 September 1946 in the British Occupation Zone) Institutes, testing stations and units Kaiser Wilhelm Institutes KWI for Animal Breeding Research, founded in Dummerstorf. Transformed into a research institute of the (East)-German Academy of Sciences. KWI of Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics, founded 1926 in Berlin-Dahlem. KWI for Bast Fibre Research, founded 1938 in Sorau. It was moved to Mährisch Schönberg in 1941 and to Bielefeld in 1946. After its incorporation into the Max Planck Society in 1948 and two further relocations to Westheim and Niedermarsberg in 1951 it was incorporated into the Max Planck Institute for Breeding Research and moved to Köln-Vogelsang. The Institute was closed down in 1957. Its first director was Ernst Schilling 1938–1945 and 1948–1951. KWI for Biology, founded 1912 in Berlin and moved to Tübingen in 1943. It was then the Max Planck Institute for Biology until 2005. KWI for Biochemistry, founded 1912. Nowadays, there exists the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, but there is no straight relation between the institutes. KWI for Biophysics, formerly the Institut für Physikalische Grundlagen der Medizin of Friedrich Dessauer was incorporated into the KWG by Boris Rajewsky in 1937. The Institute is located in Frankfurt am Main. It is now the Max Planck Institute for Biophysics. KWI for Brain Research, founded 1914 in Berlin by Oskar Vogt. It is now the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research. KWI for Cell Physiology, founded 1930 in Dahlem, Berlin by Otto Heinrich Warburg and the Rockefeller Foundation. KWI for Chemistry, founded 1911 in Dahlem. It is now the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, also known as the Otto Hahn Institute. KWI for Coal Research Institute of the KWG, founded 1912 in Mülheim. It is now the Max Planck Institute für Kohlenforschung. KWI for Comparative and International Private Law, founded 1926 in Berlin by Ernst Rabel. It is now the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg. KWI for Comparative Public Law and International Law, founded 1924 in Berlin; the first director was Viktor Bruns. It is now the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg. KWI for Experimental Therapy, founded in 1915