Selected Moments of the 20th Century
A work in progress edited by
Daniel Schugurensky
Department of Adult Education and Counselling Psychology,
The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto (OISE/UT)
A work in progress edited by
Daniel Schugurensky
Department of Adult Education and Counselling Psychology,
The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto (OISE/UT)
This year, a few months after Adolph Hitler
came to power in Germany, philosopher Martin Heidegger is appointed Führer-rector
of Freiburg University.
On November 3 of that year, Heidegger - who was a member of the national
socialist (Nazi) party - issued a decree applying the Nazi laws on racial
cleansing to the students of that university. As part of this policy, economic
aid would be awarded to students belonging to the SS and other military groups,
while it would be denied to students who were Jewish, Marxist or considered
non-Aryan according to Nazi law would be denied financial aid.
Sources:
Thomas Sheehan (1988, June 16). Heidegger and the Nazis. New York
Review of Books.
Farias, Victor (1989). Heidegger and Nazism. Philadelphia: Temple University
Press.
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