Article ID: CBB000773083

Jewish Refugees from Nazism, Albert Einstein, and the Modernization of Higher Education in Turkey (1933--1945) (2007)

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Some 190 persecuted scientists from Nazi Germany found refuge in Turkey between 1933 and 1945. In July 1933, the Notgemeinschaft Deutscher Wissenschaftler im Ausland (Emergency Assistance Organization for German Scientists) contacted the Turkish government, asking it to offer positions to senior level persecuted scientists and physicians (Jewish and non-Jewish). The Turkish government, for its part, was already engaged in a vast enterprise of reforming its system of higher education and was keen to seize this opportunity. Historians have taken little notice of this important episode of the Shoah, in which Albert Einstein also played a role (albeit minor). The integration of the émigré scientists in Turkey is described and their influence on its development discussed. The perception of this episode by public opinion in Turkey today is also considered.

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Authors & Contributors
Reisman, Arnold
Etker, Şeref
Zalashik, Rakefet
Wolff, Stefan L.
Weindling, Paul J.
Villiez, Anna von
Concepts
National Socialism
Jews
Emigration; immigration
Refugees
Medicine
Universities and colleges
Time Periods
20th century, early
20th century
19th century
18th century
Places
Turkey
Germany
Poland
Ottoman Empire
Afghanistan
Yugoslavia
Institutions
Istanbul Darülfünunu
Brandeis University
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