The German Physical Society in the Third Reich : physicists between autonomy and accommodation / edited by Dieter Hoffmann, Mark Walker ; translated by Ann M. Hentschel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hoffmann, Dieter, 1948-

Walker, Mark, 1959-

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (1963- ).

Science and state--Germany--History--1933-1945.

Science and state.

National socialism and science--Germany.

National socialism and science.

History.

Germany.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 458 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First English edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Summary:

"This book details the effects of the Nazi regime on the German Physical Society"--Provided by publisher.

"This is a history of one of the oldest and most important scientific societies, the German Physical Society, during the Nazi regime and immediate postwar period. When Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany in 1933, the Physical Society included prominent Jewish scientists as members, including Fritz Haber and Albert Einstein. As Jewish scientists lost their jobs and emigrated, the Society gradually lost members. In 1938, under pressure from the Nazi Ministry of Science, Education, and Culture, the Society forced out the last of its Jewish colleagues. This action was just the most prominent example of the tension between accommodation and autonomy that characterized the challenges facing physicists in the society. They strove to retain as much autonomy as possible, but tried to achieve this by accommodating themselves to Nazi policies, which culminated in the campaign by the Society's president to place physics in the service of the war effort"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Foreward Eberhard Umbach; 1. The German Physical Society under National Socialism in context Mark Walker; 2. Boundaries and authority in the physics community in the Third Reich Richard H. Beyler; 3. Marginalization and expulsion of physicists under National Socialism: what was the German Physical Society's role? Stefan L. Wolff; 4. The German Physical Society and Aryan physics Michael Eckert; 5. The Ramsauer era and self-mobilization of the German Physical Society; 6. The Planck medal Richard H. Beyler, Michael Eckert, and Dieter Hoffmann; 7. The German Physical Society and research; 8. The German Mathematicians Association during the Third Reich: professional policy within the web of National Socialist ideology Volker Remmert; 9. 'To the Duce, the Tenno, and our Führer: a threefold Seig Heil' The German Chemical Society and the Association of German Chemists during the Nazi era Ute Deichmann; 10. Distrust, bitterness, and sentimentality: on the mentality of German physcists in the immediate postwar period Klaus Hentschel; 11. Cleanliness among our circle of colleagues

the German Physical Society's policy toward its past Gerhard Rammer.

Notes:

Translated from the German.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781107006843

1107006848

OCLC:

741549260