A decision to protest against the creation of a chair of “racial science” at the University of Jena has been taken by the rector of the University’s Senate. The chair was established ten days ago on orders of the Thuringian Minister of Cults, Dr. William Frick and the anti-Semite, Professor R. Guenther, was named to the chair despite the fact that other professors at the University consider him an unlearned person.
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