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There is nothing Jewish in Professor Hertz’s outward appearance, behavior, and scientific activity at the Berlin Polytechnic. He is one of our few first-class German physicists, and is also a Nobel laureate.[2]He is, in addition, the nephew of the great physicist Heinrich Hertz and is thus the bearer of this famous name.[3]It would be a blunder without parallel to deny this man the right to examine students because his grandfather was a Jew.[4]I am convinced that he would not placidly accept such a personal insult but would resign from his office, leave the country, and be welcomed everywhere with open arms.[5]
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Hentschel, K. (1996). Johannes Stark: Personal Evaluations of Gustav Hertz and Richard Gans for the German University Lecturers Association [November 8, 1934]. In: Hentschel, K. (eds) Physics and National Socialism. Science Networks·Historical Studies, vol 18. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-9008-3_32
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