Tübingen University during National Socialism: Excluding Jewish Students
Station im Stadtrundgang: History Path to National Socialism
After the National Socialists had come to power, Jewish students were gradually prohibited from studying and earning a doctoral degree. In the summer term of 1933, they were barred from the "Deutsche Studentenschaft" ("German Student Body"). From 1935 on, they were not allowed to take the Staatsexamen (state examination) anymore. That same year, Ulrich Sander was the last Jewish student to leave Tübingen University.
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Nazi rally in the Neue Aula, 1938. Photo: City Archives Tübingen
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Martin Sandberger (1911-2010), 1948. He studied law in Tübingen from 1931 to 1933. From 1933 on, he was Hochschulgruppenführer (university leader) of the Nationalsozialistischer Deutscher Studentenbund (National Socialist German Student League, NSDStB). Later, he made a career in the Schutzstaffel ("Security Squadron", SS). In charge of SS special task force Einsatzkommando 1a, he was responsible for the mass shootings of 921 Jews in Estonia between June 1941 and July 1942. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
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"Gleichschaltungskommissar" (superintendent for forced coordination) Prof. Dr. Gustav Bebermeyer (1890-1975), undated. He possessed the authority to override the university's senate and faculties when appointing a professorship. At times, these university bodies themselves appointed active National Socialists. Photo: University Archives Tübingen