The scientific situation in Germany [june 2, 1933]

pp. 59-61

in: Klaus Hentschel (ed), Physics and national socialism, Basel, Birkhäuser, 1996

Abstract

A wireless to The New York Times from Berlin reports that the Kaiser Wilhelm Society for the Advancement of the Sciences, the foremost scientific organization in Germany, which conducts thirty-two research institutes, held its twenty-second annual meeting here on May 23. It was presided over by Professor Max Planck, [¹] who said that nowadays no one in Germany could be permitted to stand aside, "rifle at rest." [²] He declared that there was only one watchword—"the consolidation of all available forces for the reconstruction of the fatherland." He read the following message sent by the society to Chancellor Hitler: "The Kaiser Wilhelm Society for the advancement of the science begs leave to tender reverential greetings to the chancellor and its solemn pledge that German Science is also ready to cooperate joyously in the reconstruction of the new national state."[³]

Cited authors

Planck Max