Intelligence under threat

 
in German:
Bedrohte Intelligenz

Project

 

Description

The huge repercussions of the Nazi assumption of power for the University of Vienna are well known: Students and staff were excluded from teaching and research on racial or other political grounds, which constituted an unparalleled loss of intelligence and innovative potential for the University. The exhibition has three main substantive threads – the historical background from 1920 to 1938, the time under the Nazi regime 1938–1945 and the long journey of coming to terms with this subject from 1945–2015.

in German:
Die massiven Auswirkungen der NS-Machtergreifung für die Universität Wien sind bekannt: Studierende und Lehrende wurden aus „rassischen“ oder sonstigen politischen Gründen von Lehre und Forschung ausgeschlossen, was einen beispiellosen Verlust von universitärer Intelligenz und innovativem Potential zur Folge hatte.  Die Ausstellung setzt sich entlang dreier inhaltlicher Hauptachsen – der Vorgeschichte von 1920–1938, der Zeit unter dem nationalsozialistischen Regime 1938–1945 und des langen Weges der Aufarbeitung von 1945–2015 mit dieser Thematik detailliert auseinander.

Applicant

University of Vienna

in German:
Universität Wien

Location

Austria | show on map

Approved

16 Dec 2014

Category

Exhibition

Type

Commemoration / remembrance

Funding

National Fund budget

Please note

The project contents and descriptions are based primarily on the submissions of the project applicants. These submissions are edited for publication and translated into English. Although it is subjected to rigorous checks, the National Fund does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the information provided.