Rescuing academics from the Nazis – well, sort of

The story of how US academia vetted and weighed which Jews it would save from the Holocaust.

ALBERT EINSTEIN was chosen as ‘Person of the Century’ by ‘Time’ magazine in 1999. US academia found him a place so he could escape the Nazis, but the book discusses many other academics who were less fortunate.

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By GLENN C. ALTSCHULER

JANUARY 16, 2020 18:57

Rescuing academics from the Nazis – well, sort of

The story of how US academia vetted and weighed which Jews it would save from the Holocaust.

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Rescuing academics from the Nazis – well, sort of

The story of how US academia vetted and weighed which Jews it would save from the Holocaust.

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