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Inside, another plaque: "In this building of the former Kaiser Wilhelm Institute Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassman in December 1938 discovered the splitting of the uranium atom. This deed opened the possibility of exploration of matter and the universe and the use of nuclear energy for mankind." What is not mentioned is that protactinium was discovered in 1917 as well, by Hahn and Meitner.