German scientists behind Adolf Hitler

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The proclamation " German scientists behind Adolf Hitler " was printed on August 19, 1934 in the Völkischer Beobachter on the occasion of the referendum on the head of state of the German Reich to transfer the powers of the late Reich President Paul von Hindenburg to Hitler:

“On August 19th, the German people will again face a decision that will determine their future. The decision of the Reich Government to unite the office of Reich Chancellor and Reich President in the person of Führer Adolf Hitler has dispelled a concern that oppressed many German men on the days when the German people feared at the sick bed of the immortalized Reich President and Field Marshal General has confessed. We signed representatives of German science, whom we also speak on behalf of many who were not available to us these days either by word or letter, have the confidence in Adolf Hitler as the leader of the state that he will lead the German people out of their misery and oppression. We trust in him that, under his leadership, science will also experience the support it needs in its entirety in order to fulfill the lofty task which it has to undertake in the rebuilding of the nation. In order to have an effect both internally and externally, the unity and unity of the German people and their will to freedom and honor must once again be expressed through the commitment to the leadership of Adolf Hitler. The undersigned representatives of German science follow the appeal of the Reich government, with which the German people will be called to a decision on August 19th. "

The 70 signatories of the appeal included a .:

See also

Individual evidence

  1. Völkischer Beobachter No. 231/232, 19./20. August 1934, p. 2.
  2. George Leaman, Heidegger in Context - Complete Overview of the National Socialist Engagement of University Philosophers, Argument Special Volume 205, 1993, p. 100.
  3. Franz Walter , Stine Marg : Göttinger heads: and their work in the world. V&R , 2012, p. 149.
  4. Victor Farías : Heidegger and National Socialism . Frankfurt 1989, p. 261 f.
  5. ^ Ernst Klee : The dictionary of persons on the Third Reich . Fischer TB, Frankfurt 2005, p. 393.
  6. Klee: The personal dictionary for the Third Reich . Fischer TB, Frankfurt 2005, p. 587.
  7. ^ Eberhardt Gering: Privy Councilor Prof. Dr. Hugo Andres Krüß (1879–1945), General Director of the Prussian State Library in Berlin. In: The founders and co-founders of the German Society for Documentation in the Nazi State - Biographical Sketches. Website Gerd Simon , University of Tübingen, 2007, pp. 6–7 (PDF; 438 kB).