The Manchester Guardian Weekly, in its issue of May 19th, publishes a detailed list of professors, not all of them Jews, who have been dismissed from German universities between April 13 and May 4. There are also in the list. The Guardian points out, a few assistant lecturers who have been dismissed and several professors who have resigned their posts.
“The list,” continues The Guardian, “is for the most part compiled from announcements in the German press and we have made it as complete and accurate as the sources permit.”
DISMISSED ON APRIL 13
Frankfort-on-Main
Professor Heller, Public Law. Formerly of Berlin. (Acted for the Prussian Government before the Supreme Court in its appeal against the appointment of a Commissar.)
Professor Horkheimer, Philosophy. Head of the Institute of Sociology.
Professor Loewe, Economics. (Formerly of Kiel.)
Professor Mannheim, Sociology.
Professor Tillich, Philosophy and Sociology. (Well-known religious Socialist. Formerly editor of “New Pages for Socialism”.)
Professor Sinzheimer, Sociology and Law. One of the creators of German labor legislation.
Berlin—Commercial Hochschule
Professor Bonn, Economics. Twice Rector of the Hochschule. A Liberal. Sometimes referred to as “The German Keynes”.
Berlin
Professor Emil Lederer, Economics. (Formerly of Heidelberg. Editor of the “Archiv fur Sozialwissenschaft und Sozialpolitik”.)
Breslau
Professor Cohn.
Professor Marck, Philosophy of Law.
Halle
Professor Dehn, Practical Theology.
Konigsberg—Commercial Hochshcule
Professor Feiler, Economics. A Liberal. Well-known through his books on U. S. A. and Russia. Formerly financial editor of the “Frankfurter Zeitung”.
Bonn
Professor Kantorowicz, Dentistry.
Professor Loewenstein, Psychiatry.
Kiel
Professor Kantorowicz, Criminal Law.
Cologne
Professor Kensen, Public Law. (Formerly of Vienna, where he collaborated in the drafting of the Austrian Constitution. One of Germany’s greatest constitutional lawyers. A Liberal.)
Heidelberg
Professor Hans von Eckardt. Principal of the Institute of Journalism.
Dresden—Art Academy
Professor Otto Dix, Teacher. (Not under Civil Service Law, but on the ground that some of his pictures offended against morality, others were calculated to lessen the German people’s will to defend itself (Wehrwille). His famous picture “War”, a huge oil-painting, represents the horrors of modern warfare.)
Gottingen
Resigned in protest on April 18—Professor James Franck, Experimental Physics, Nobel prizeman, 1925. (As a war veteran not affected by the Civil Service Law.)
DISMISSED APRIL 22
Hanover—Technical Hochschule
Professor Lessing, Philosophy. (From lecture courses.)
Berlin—Technical Hochschule
Professor Chajes, Industrial Hygiene (from lecture courses).
Professor Holde, Chemistry (from lecture courses).
Professor Fritz Frank, Chemical Research.
Professor Igel, Railway Construction.
Hendelberg
Professor Gerhard Anschutz, Public Law (resigned on April 22). One of the greatest German authorities on international law.
Professor Alfred Weber, Sociology (resigned on April 22).
DISMISSED ON APRIL 26
Frankfort-on-Main
Professor Salomon, Sociology.
Professor Mennicke.
Professor M. Wertheimer, Psychology.
Professor Strupp, International Law. Well-known through his book on the legal structure of the Locarno protocols.
Professor Weil, Oriental Languages.
Professor Pribram, Economics.
Professor Richard Koch, History of Medicine.
Dr. Glatzer, Jewish Religion.
Professor Plessner, Oriental Languages.
Professor Sommerfeld, German Philology.
Professor Walter Frankel, Metallurgy.
Professor Fritz Mayer, Chemistry.
Professor Ernest Kahn, Commercial Journalism.
Professor Neumark, Economics.
Professor Ernst Cohn, Private and Commercial Law.
Professor Braun, Hygiene and Bacteriology.
Professor Ludwig Wertheimer, Banking Law.
Professor Altschul, Methods of Marketing Research.
Marburg
Professor Ropke, Political Science.
Professor Jacobsohn, Indogermanic Philology. On April 27 he threw himself in front of a train and was killed at once. He was 53 years old.
Gottingen
Professor Honig, Criminal Law.
Professor Courant, Mathematics.
Professor Born, Theoretical Physics.
Professor Emmy Noether.
Professor Bernstein, Statistics.
Professor Bondi.
Konigsberg
Professor Hensel, Public Law (may be reappointed).
Konigsberg—Commercial Hochschule
Professor Rogowsky, Practical Economics.
Professor Hansler.
Professor Kurbs.
Kiel
Professor Colm, Economics.
Professor Neisser, Economics.
Professor Adolf Frankel, Mathematics.
Professor Husserl, Roman Law.
Professor Stenzel, Philosophy.
Professor Liepe, Modern German Philology and Literature.
Professor Rauch.
Professor Schucking. International Law. The chief German exponent of the legal conceptions on which the League of Nations is based. Has represented Germany at the Hague Court.
Professor Opet, German Law.
Berlin-Schoneberg—State Art School
Professor Georg Tappert
Professor Curt Lahs
Lehrer Joseph Vinecky
Berlin—Combined State Schools for Free and Applied Art
Professor Karl Hofer. One of the greatest of modern German painters.
Professor Edwin Scharff.
Dusseldorf Art Academy
Professor Paul Klee. One of the pioneers of “expressionism”. Well known in Paris and London.
Professor Oskar Moll, Director.
DISMISSED ON APRIL 27
Berlin—Hochschule for Music
Professor Dr. Daniel
Professor Kreutzer.
Professor Feuermann.
Professor Horth.
Professor Dr. Schunemann, Director.
Konigsberg
Professor Paneth, Chemistry.
Professor Reidenmeister, Mathematics.
Elbing
Professor Dr. Otto Haase, Director.
Professor Dr. Karl Thieme.
Professor Hans Haffenrichter.
Professor Emil Gossow.
Professor Frau Helene Ziegert.
Dozent Johannes Kretschmann.
Halle
Professor Dr. Julius Frankenberger, Director.
Professor Frau Dr. Elisabeth Blochmann.
Professor Dr. Fritz Mascheck.
Professor Frau Anna Dernahl.
Professor Martin Rang.
Professor Herbert Kranz.
Professor Dr. Adolf Reichwein.
Professor Dr. Karl von Hollander.
Professor Fritz Kauffmann.
Professor Dr. Hans Hoffmann.
Kiel
Professor D. Emil Fuchs.
Professor Wilhelm Opperman.
Dozent Dr. Friedrich Copei.
Dortmund
Professor Dr. Johannes Sippel.
Dozent Dr. Hans Pflug.
Dozent Dr. Conrad Ameln.
Frankfort-on-Main
Professor Martin Schmidt.
Professor Frau Dr. Marie Anne Kuntze.
Professor Frau Dr. Gerda Simons.
Professor Dr. Hermann Semiller.
Professor Dr. Friedrich Wilhelm Spemann.
Dozent Hans Thierbach.
Dozent Frau Berta Kieser.
Bonn
Professor Dr. Haus Rosenberg.
DISMISSED ON APRIL 28
Heidelberg
Professor Radbruch (former Reich Minister of Justice), Criminal Law. Well known as a champion of penal reform.
Berlin—German Hochschule fur Politik
[A free institution founded in 1920. Transformed into a State institution (end of April) with resignation of the President and Directors—Professor Dr. Jack (a well-known writer on international affairs). Professor Dr. Simons, Professor Dr. Drews.
Berlin—University Institute for Cancer Research
Director resigned on May 1—Professor Dr. Ferdinand Blumenthal, a pioneer of cancer research. A special chair was established for him in this subject in 1929.
DISMISSED ON MAY 1
Halle
Professor Frankl, History of Art.
Professor Kisch, History of German Law.
Professor Kitzinger, Criminal Law.
Professor Utitz, Philosophy.
Professor Hertz, Sociology (Viennese by birth and now in Vienna). He wrote as a young man a well-known book, “Moder Rassentheorien”, opposing the theories of Stewart Houston Chamberlain.
Private Dozent Dr. Baer, Pure Mathematics.
DISMISSED ON MAY 2
Berlin
Professor Dr. Peter Rona, Colloid Chemistry and Physiology.
Professor Dr. Friedrich Franz Friedmann, Tubercular Research.
Professor Dr. Hans Friedenthal, Physiology.
Professor Dr. Franz Blumenthal, Dermatology.
Professor Dr. Birnbaum, Psychiatry.
Professor Dr. Mittwoch, Semitic Philology.
Professor Dr. Julius Pokorny, Celtic Philology, author of studies of the culture and literature of Ireland.
Professor Dr. Issai Schur, Mathematics, one of the leading mathematicians in Germany.
Professor Dr. Manes, Insurance.
Professor Dr. Byk, Quantum Theory of Physics.
Professor Dr. Fischel, History of Art.
Professor Dr. Jollos, Zoology.
Professor Dr. Walter Norden, Municipal Administration.
Professor Dr. Richter, Medicine.
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