Feichtinger / Matis / Sienell The Academy of Sciences in Vienna 1938 to 1945
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-3-7001-7609-1
Verlag: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
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E-Book, Englisch, 270 Seiten
ISBN: 978-3-7001-7609-1
Verlag: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Format: PDF
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In 2013, the Academy is using the 75th anniversary of the “Anschluss” in March 1938 as an occasion to present an exhibition and to publish a catalog investigating the reactions of the Academy to the Nazi power takeover, the Academy’s involvement in the Nazi domination apparatus, and the impact this had on the postwar period. New research findings allow a profound insight into the personnel and institutional structure of the Academy as well as its scientific focus during the Nazi era.
The “Anschluss” of Austria by the National Socialist German Reich in March 1938 marked a profound turning point for the Academy of Sciences in Vienna. With the Nazis’ seizure of power, Academy members and staff members were forced to leave for political and “racial” reasons. They were persecuted and expelled; they died in Nazi concentration camps. Organizations like the Institute for Radium Research, the Vivarium, and the Phonogram Archive lost their key research personnel; worldwide pioneering research programs and international research collaborations were broken off. Under the Academy’s new Nazi leadership, the learned society’s autonomy was reduced and research projects in the support of Nazi ideology were carried out.
The year 1945 was not a “zero hour.” In addition to breaks, there were also continuities in the research institutes as well as the association of scholars. In dealing with Nazism, the Academy took an ambivalent stance: In the early postwar period, the membership of former Nazis was provisionally suspended. A few years later – pursuant to the Amnesty Law of 1948 – practically all former Nazi party members, even high-ranking officials, were re-admitted as members.
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1;00_Titelei;1
2;Sienell Kern englisch;5
2.1;Preface to the English edition;7
2.1.1;Preface;9
2.2;I. The “Anschluss”and Nazi Rule;11
2.2.1;The “Anschluss” and Nazi RuleAustria 1938–1945;13
2.2.1.1;The initial reactions to the “Anschluss”in the Academy of Sciences;21
2.2.2;I. 1. The Protagonists;27
2.2.2.1;The Presiding Committee of the Academyduring the Nazi Era;27
2.2.2.2;Heinrich (von) Srbik (1878–1951)and the Academy of Sciences;35
2.2.2.3;The two careers of Fritz Knoll;45
2.2.3;I. 2. Consequences of the “Anschluss”;53
2.2.3.1;Exclusion of members;53
2.2.3.2;Filling of vacant positionsfollowing the exclusion of ordinary members;61
2.2.3.3;Consequences for the academic staff –the case of Leo Hajek;69
2.2.3.4;Administrative staff;77
2.2.3.5;The revision of the Statutes;87
2.2.4;I. 3. New programmatic and structural orientation;93
2.2.4.1;Speeches by Academy President Heinrich (von) Srbik at the Ceremonial Sessions;93
2.2.4.2;Expelled, burnt, sold, forgotten, and suppressed.;101
2.2.4.3;Transformations in research policy;113
2.2.4.4;Science “in the service of the German people”;123
2.2.5;I. 4. National and International Interconnections;133
2.2.5.1;The “national honor” of German Academies;133
2.2.5.2;“Increase the achievements of German scienceby all available means”;141
2.3;II. Dealing withNational Socialismafter 1945;149
2.3.1;Tasks and areas of responsibilityof the new Presiding Committee;151
2.3.1.1;Denazification at the Academy of Sciences;163
2.3.1.2;1945 and after. One break and two continuities;181
2.3.1.3;Centennial anniversary of theAcademy of Sciences 1947;191
2.4;III. Short Biographies;201
2.5;IV. Appendix;251
2.5.1;Abbreviations;253
2.5.1.1;Bibliography;254
2.5.1.2;Table of figures;263
2.5.1.3;Personenregister;265
2.5.1.4;Notes on contributors;270
