Claim: Nikodem Caro, an industrial chemist who studied chemistry in Berlin, contributed to making combat gases used by Germans in World War I.
Evidence: Nikodem Caro (23 May 1871, Łódź, then Russian Empire – 27 June 1935, Rome, Italy) was an industrial chemist and entrepreneur. Caro was born in Łódź, and studied chemistry in Berlin at the Royal Technical College of Charlottenburg (now Technical University of Berlin) and got his doctorate from Rostock University. Caro also contributed to the production of combat gases used by German troops during World War I.