After the war, the family was interned; the parents were brought to a camp. His father, aRussia-born engineer who since 1928 had worked for Škoda, died on 27 November 1945 in Czech imprisonment and is buried in a mass grave in Plzeň which is also inscribed withGrünberg Theodor † 27. November 1945.[10] His mother Anna (who died in 2002 aged 100)[11] had to work in agriculture and stayed with her parents in the Petermann[12] house in Untersekerschan[13] (Dolní Sekyřany), where her children (Peter's sister was born in 1937) were brought later. The remaining Grünberg family, like almost all Germans, wasexpelled from Czechoslovakia in 1946. Seven-year-old Peter came toLauterbach, Hesse where he attendedgymnasium.[14]
Grünberg received his intermediate diploma in 1962 from theJohann Wolfgang Goethe University inFrankfurt. He then attended theTechnische Universität Darmstadt, where he received his BSc diploma in physics in 1966 and his Ph.D. in 1969. While there, he met and married his wife, Helma Prauser, who became a schoolteacher.[15] From 1969 to 1972, he did postdoctoral work atCarleton University inOttawa, Canada.[16] He later joined the Institute for Solid State Physics atForschungszentrum Jülich,Jülich, Germany, where he became a leading researcher in the field of thin film and multilayer magnetism until his retirement in 2004.[14]
DE 3820475 "Magnetfeldsensor mit ferromagnetischer, dünner Schicht" filed on 16.06.1988
US 4949039 "Magnetic field sensor with ferromagnetic thin layers having magnetically antiparallel polarized components"
Suzuki, Y.; Katayama, T.; Takanashi, K.; Schreiber, R.; Grünberg, P.; Tanaka, K. (1997). "The magneto-optical effect of Cr(001) wedged ultrathin films grown on Fe(001)".Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials.165 (1–3). Elsevier BV:134–136.Bibcode:1997JMMM..165..134S.doi:10.1016/s0304-8853(96)00488-x.ISSN0304-8853.
M. Schäfer, Q. Leng, R. Schreiber, K. Takanashi, P. Grünberg, W. Zinn. 1995. "Experiments on Interlayer Exchange Coupling" (invited at 5th NEC Symp., Karuizawa, Japan).J. of Mat. Sci. and Eng.. B31, 17.
Fert, A.; Grünberg, P.; Barthélémy, A.; Petroff, F.; Zinn, W. (1995). "Layered magnetic structures: interlayer exchange coupling and giant magnetoresistance".Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials.140–144. Elsevier BV:1–8.Bibcode:1995JMMM..140....1F.doi:10.1016/0304-8853(94)00880-9.ISSN0304-8853.
Grünberg, P. A.; Fuss, A.; Leng, Q.; Schreiber, R.; Wolf, J. A. (1993). "Interlayer Coupling and its Relation to Growth and Structure".Magnetism and Structure in Systems of Reduced Dimension. NATO ASI Series. Vol. 309. Boston, MA: Springer US. pp. 87–100.doi:10.1007/978-1-4899-1519-1_9.ISBN978-1-4899-1521-4.ISSN0258-1221.
Fuß, A.; Demokritov, S.; Grünberg, P.; Zinn, W. (1992). "Short- and long period oscillations in the exchange coupling of Fe across epitaxially grown Al- and Au-interlayers".Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials.103 (3). Elsevier BV:L221–L227.Bibcode:1992JMMM..103L.221F.doi:10.1016/0304-8853(92)90192-q.ISSN0304-8853.
^1939 wurde ich im damals von Hitler annektierten Pilsen, heute Tschechien, als Sudetendeutscher geboren. Gleich nach Kriegsende, mit dem Einmarsch der Alliierten-Truppen, wurden alle Deutschen, so auch meine Familie, interniert. Meine Eltern kamen in ein Lager: Mein Vater Feodor ist im Lager geblieben, meine Mutter Anna dann zur Feldarbeit in das Dorf meiner Großeltern gekommen. Wir Kinder sind anfangs zu meiner tschechischen Tante gebracht worden, später zu meiner Mutter. 1946 bin ich nach Lauterbach in Hessen ausgesiedelt und dort eingeschult worden. Meinen Vater habe ich nicht mehr gesehen, er ist im Internierungslager gestorben. — interview at"Glauben Sie an Gott?". Archived fromthe original on 2007-11-30. Retrieved2008-06-05.
^Curriculum Vitae Peter A. Grünberg — Peter Andreas Grünberg, born on 18 May 1939 in Pilsen (now Czech Republic), parents: Dipl.-Ing. Feodor A. Grünberg and Anna Grünberg.CVV at fz-juelich.deArchived 2007-12-15 at theWayback Machine
^Glauben Sie, Professor Grünberg, als Naturwissenschaftler an Gott? — Peter Grünberg:Ja, natürlich. Ich bin streng katholisch aufgewachsen und denke, einiges dabei gewonnen zu haben. Aber ich halte es mit Lessings Ringparabel. Welcher der drei Ringe ist der echte? – Grünberg states he believes in God, was raised strictly Catholic, and adheres to Lessing'sRing Parable in an interview withGerhard Ertl and Peter Grünberg atcicero.deArchived 2007-11-30 at theWayback Machine
