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Vertreibungen aus den deutschen Universitäten im Nationalsozialismus

Language: German
First published: February 15, 2024
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The expulsion of numerous scientists by the Nazi regime’s brutal policy of exclusion and the international refugee movements it caused can be regarded as a significant turning point in the history of science. The “cleansing” of the German universities that began in 1933 led to a considerable loss in Germany’s intellectual milieu. The database provides biographical information on 1,300 persons who were affected by the dismissals, covering all German universities in detail.
The short biographies provide information on academic status and disciplines, religious affiliation, membership in political parties, reasons of expulsion, and also (if applicable) on concentration camp imprisonment, countries of emigration and remigration.

For the first time, this database covers all academics that were forced to leave their academic jobs. It complements the “International Biographical Dictionary of Central European Émigrés” included in the “Biographical Handbooks of German-speaking Emigrants” database. A combined search of both sources using the “German History Portal” is highly recommended.

The research for this database has been funded by the DFG (project number 392933430).

Also available as a print publication: Ausgegrenzt: Entlassungen an den deutschen Universitäten im Nationalsozialismus Biogramme und kollektivbiografische Analyse, De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2023.

Illustrations used on the cover, left to right: Konrat Ziegler, Universitätsarchiv Greifswald (UAG), Fotosammlung Professoren; James Franck, SUB Göttingen Sammlung Voit; Max Herrmann © Universitätsbibliothek der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Historische Sammlung (Fotograf: Johannes Hülsen); Karl Löwith, Universitätsarchiv Marburg 312/7 Nr. 3 (Fotoalbum der Philosophischen Fakultät); Emmy Klieneberger, Universitätsachiv Frankfurt/M. (UAF) Abt. 854, Nr. 784; Ernst Cassirer, Universität Hamburg, Arbeitsstelle für Universitätsgeschichte.

Your Benefits

  • 1.300 Kurzbiografien von entlassenen Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern, durchsuchbar nach akademischer Disziplin, Universität und Aufnahmeländern.
  • Vollständige Darstellung der Vertreibungsverluste für alle 23 Universitäten, die 1933 in Deutschland existierten.
  • Unerlässliche Quelle zur Ergänzung des „Biographischen Handbuchs der deutschsprachigen Emigration nach 1933“.

Michael Grüttner, Technical University Berlin

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Language:
German
Publisher:
De Gruyter Oldenbourg
First published:
February 15, 2024
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Keywords:
German History; University; National Socialism; Migration; Exile
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