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Flexner, Abraham,
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1.2
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Forschungsgemeinschaft Deutsches Ahnenerbe
,
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Franck, James,
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3
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Manhattan Project,
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Franck Report,
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Frick, Wilhelm,
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Frost, Edwin,
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Fuehrer principle,
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Fulda, Ludwig,
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Gans, Richard,
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Gehrcke, Ernst,
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at Berlin Philharmonic meeting,
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general relativity, theory of,
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,
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solar eclipse, 1919,
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5.2
Gerber, Paul,
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2.2
German National People’s Party,
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German Physical Society,
1
,
2
,
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German Professional Community of University Physicists,
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German Research Foundation,
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,
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German scientists
emigration,
1.1
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post World War I isolation of,
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,
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See also
Jewish scientists
German Society of Natural Scientists and Physicians,
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,
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,
3
See also
Bad Nauheim scientific meeting
German Workers Party (DAP, Deutsche Arbeiterpartei),
1.1
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1.2
,
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Glazer, Ludwig,
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Goebbels, Joseph,
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Goering, Hermann,
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Goettinger Tageblatt
,
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Granqvist, Per Gustaf David,
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gravitation,
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gravity, universal law of,
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Great Men of Science
(Lenard),
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Greenspan, Thorndike,
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Gregory, Richard,
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Gullstrand, Allvar,
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,
2
,
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3.2
Gustav V,
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Haber, Fritz,
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Haber, Hermann,
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Habicht, Conrad,
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1.2
Hahn, Otto,
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Hanfstaengl, Ernst,
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Harrer, Karl,
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Hasenoehrl, Friedrich,
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Hasselberg, Clas Bernhard,
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,
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2.2
Hebrew University,
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Heisenberg, Werner,
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,
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Einstein, conversation with,
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Himmler’s response to,
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investigation of,
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leads Third Reich nuclear effort,
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Helmholtz, Hermann von,
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Hertz, Gustav,
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Hertz, Heinrich,
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Hess, Rudolf,
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Heydrich, Reinhard,
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Himmler, Heinrich,
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Himstedt, Franz,
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Hindenberg, Paul von,
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Hirschmann, Georg,
1
Hitler, Adolf,
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,
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,
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appointed Chancellor,
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backlash against Einstein and,
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beer hall putsch,
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Einstein on,
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,
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elections and,
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1.2
gives signed photo to Lenard,
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Hofbraeuhaus speech,
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letters to Lenard,
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1.2
,
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2.2
on loss of scientists,
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1.2
Mein Kampf
,
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Riechstag address,
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Stark’s access to,
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Hittorf, Johann Wilhelm,
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,
2
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Hollweg, Theobold von Beckmann,
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Hoover, J. Edgar,
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Hund, Friedrich,
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Hungarian nationalists,
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hydrogen bomb,
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,
2
I
induction,
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Institute for Physics, University of Wuerzburg,
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Institute of Physics, University of Heidelberg,
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,
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,
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as Philipp Lenard Institute,
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,
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,
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Institute of Physics, University of Kiel,
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J
Jewish scientists,
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,
2
aid societies for,
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emigration,
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1.2
expulsion from universities,
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3
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4
,
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,
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,
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resignations after civil service law,
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shift away from Germany,
1
threats to,
1.1
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See also
German scientists
“
“Jewish spirit,”
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,
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,
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Kahr, Gustav von,
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Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics,
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,
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Kaiser Wilhelm Society,
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Kant, Immanuel,
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Kepler’s law,
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Koenigsberger, Leo,
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Kolliker, Geheimrat Albert von,
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Laub, Jakob Johann,
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,
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ether experiments,
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Laue, Max von,
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at Berlin Academy of Sciences,
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on Haber,
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review of Stark’s book,
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Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service,
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,
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Lecher, Ernst,
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Leibus, Alfred,
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Lenard, Katharina Schlehner,
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Lenard, Philipp
anti-Semitism, Einsteindebatte and,
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anti-Semitism, origins of,
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anti-Semitism, radicalization of,
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ascent to power,
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blames others,
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character,
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contrasts with Einstein,
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early years,
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Einstein, early relationship with,
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on Einstein as dangerous,
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Einstein calls out on Berlin Philharmonic episode,
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Einstein’s Nobel Prize and,
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as employer,
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ether, belief in,
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feuds,
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Heidelberg speech,
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Hitler, access to,
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Hitler’s chief scientific advisor,
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under house arrest,
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jealousy of Einstein,
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Jews in universities, opposition to,
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letter to Einstein,
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letter to Swedish Academy,
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Nobel Prize recipient,
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as “Old Fighter”,
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as outsider,
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photoelectric effect,
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reactionary politics, involvement in,
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refuses to reconcile with Einstein,
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Roentgen and,
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sacrifices scientific integrity,
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signs Manifesto,
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stalks Einstein,
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steps away from science,
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Writings:
“A Big Day for Science: Johannes Stark Appointed President of the Reich Physical
and Technical Institute,”
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1.2
Deutsche Physik
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Ether and Urether
,
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,
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“Exhortation to German Naturalists,”
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Faelschungs-Buch
,
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,
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Great Men of Science
(Lenard),
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,
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“The Hitler Spirit and Science” (with Stark),
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“On Cathode Rays” (Nobel Lecture),
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“On Ether and Matter”,
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One Hundred Authors against Einstein
,
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On the Principle of Relativity, Ether, and Gravitation
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