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Oxford to Boycott Heidelberg Celebration

February 26, 1936
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It was officially announced that Oxford University would not send a delegation to the 550th anniversary celebration of Heidelberg University in Germany.

Professor Gilbert Murray issued a statement to the press concurring with the decision on the ground that forty-four “non-Aryan” professors had been dismissed from Heidelberg.

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