In November 1995, the Deutsches Museum, the world's largest technical
museum, opened a new branch in Bonn, devoted to achievements after 194
5. There, the first gas chromatographic system used by Erika Cremer an
d Fritz Prior, in 1945-47, in Innsbruck, is exhibited. The new display
is described and the early activities of Erika Cremer and her student
s are summarized.