| Title |
Refugee Mathematicians |
| Reference |
23 |
| Creator |
Various |
| Covering Dates |
1933–1942 |
| Extent and Medium |
6 letters |
|
| Content and context |
Correspondence concerning attempts to find work for German mathematicians suffering persecution under the Nazi Government . Letters are to LJM, unless otherwise stated. |
| St John's Library/Mordell/23 contains: |
|
23.1
|
T.L.s., from Professor Lauder W. Jones, The Rockefeller Foundation, Paris. Discusses LJM's recent request for a list of German mathematicians to be considered for assistance from the Rockefeller Foundation. Notes that the situation has been assessed and unfortunately the Foundation cannot be of any help and gives reasons.
3p. |
13 September 1933 |
|
23.2
|
T.L.s., from Walter Adams, General Secretary of the Academic Assistance Council, London. Gives information on a talk to be held at the Royal Albert Hall called to consider plans for assisting the professional and academic workers displaced in Germany. Asks LJM if he can attend.
1p. |
28 September 1933 |
|
23.3
|
T.L.s., from A. J. Makower, Academic Committee, Joint Foreign Committee, The Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Anglo-Jewish Association, London. Discusses the bodies involved in working in the interests of academic applicants from Germany.
1p. |
2 October 1933 |
|
23.4
|
T.L.s., from J. C. Burkill, Cambridge. Sends an enclosed note because he knows that Manchester have done a lot for refugees. Attached is an enquiry asking whether Manchester can find a place for Dr Willy Feller who has lost his post in Kiel due to a father of non-Aryan descent.
2p. |
28 June 1934 |
|
23.5
|
Copy of a Typewritten letter from R. G. D. Richardson to Professor Harald A. Bohr. Discusses his views on how German 'displaced scholars' should be helped in finding work in the US and how this will affect American academics.
3p. |
5 April 1935 |
|
23.6
|
T.L., from H. A. Goodman, Ministry of Information, London. Has been asked by the British Press Service in New York for photographs illustrating the activities of Jews during wartime. Asks for photographs of LJM.
1p. |
9 April 1942 |
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