Today marks the anniversary of the enforcement of the Nuremberg Laws in Austrian academia, after the annexation of Austria to the Nazi regime (Anschluss) of 1938. This persecuted academics on a racial (and political) basis, and at the University of Vienna it forced around 50% of the working physicists to leave office (and consequently to emigrate, or being deported).
To recall these tragic events, the IQOQI has published today a contribution by Prof. Wolfgang Reiter in their historical blog:
“Bits of History“: https://www.iqoqi-vienna.at/blog/finis-austriae-finis-scientiae-the-destruction-of-science-in-austria-in-1938
“Bits of History“: https://www.iqoqi-vienna.at/blog/finis-austriae-finis-scientiae-the-destruction-of-science-in-austria-in-1938
Read, share and never forget.