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There's a lot of history buried in that little rant. 1931 was just a few years after the period of hyperinflation in Germany. That was related to the reparations payments of Germany to the Allies that was crushing the German economy. Both significant contributors to what happened over the next 15 years.
ReplyDeleteYes, the hyperinflation was catastrophic: at one point 1 dollar was equivalent to a *trillion* marks. I am sure these kinds of letters probably wouldn't have warmed the hearts of those who supported the national socialists.
DeleteSeveral high-profile members of the academic association DChG were also Jewish: the society’s president, Alfred Wohl; its vice president, Arthur Rosenheim; and the long-time editor of the “Beilstein Handbook,” Bernhard Prager. Within months of Hitler’s ascension, all three “were asked to tender their resignations,” Deichmann notes, as were six Jewish staff members of the “Beilstein Handbook.”
ReplyDeletehttp://cen.acs.org/articles/91/i37/Chemistry-Nazi-Germany.html
1931 was two years after the start of the Great Depression. CCNY budgets might have been tightened.
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