The opportunity, presumptively given to Professor Ernst Cohn to reply to the charges directed against him by Nazi students of Breslau University, was turned into a cross-examination by the two investigators of the Prussian Ministry of Education, it is learned today.
Professor Cohn, it is stated, was questioned on the newspaper inquiry with regard to his view on Leon Trotsky’s right to asylum in Germany. At the time Professor Cohn replied that, in his opinion, all spiritual workers are entitled to asylum, provided they do not participate in political controversies.
This statement, at the time of its utterance, precipitated a controversy and led to a reprimand, later withdrawn, by the Senate and Rector of Breslau University.
Professor Cohn was also questioned concerning threats received over the telephone, to which he replied, “I am determined to resume my lectures and to give a chance to demonstrate again”.
The “Berliner Tageblatt” states that the imminence of Professor Cohn’s dismissal can no longer be doubted.
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