Summary of Jean Medawar & David Pyke's Hitler's Gift

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 The German empire was created in 1871, and soon after Wilhelm II dismissed Bismarck, the architect of Germany’s greatness. The Kaiser, who considered himself the leader of both civil and military life, had a respect for science and learning.
#2 Science entered a great age in Germany, with scientists as the new heroes. The research that led to Germany’s pioneering industrial production of synthetic dyes reaping commercial returns also brought biological and medical breakthroughs.
#3 In theoretical physics, Germany was the most innovative country, and its contributions included the revolutionary discoveries of the quantum theory and relativity.
#4 Germany had several scientific centers of excellence outside Berlin, such as Munich. The town-and-gown atmosphere was similar to that of Cambridge, and life revolved around the university in the city center.

Sujets

• Holocauste
• History
• The Holocaust
• Histoire
• Holocaust

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• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 24 juillet 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798822547674
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Jean Medawar & David Pyke's Hitlers Gift
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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The German empire was created in 1871, and soon after Wilhelm II dismissed Bismarck, the architect of Germany’s greatness. The Kaiser, who considered himself the leader of both civil and military life, had a respect for science and learning.

#2

Science entered a great age in Germany, with scientists as the new heroes. The research that led to Germany’s pioneering industrial production of synthetic dyes reaping commercial returns also brought biological and medical breakthroughs.

#3

In theoretical physics, Germany was the most innovative country, and its contributions included the revolutionary discoveries of the quantum theory and relativity.

#4

Germany had several scientific centers of excellence outside Berlin, such as Munich. The town-and-gown atmosphere was similar to that of Cambridge, and life revolved around the university in the city center.

#5

The university of Göttingen was a center for theoretical physics, and it was there that the theory of quantum mechanics was developed. It was a time of hard but successful and delightful work for Max Born, Werner Heisenberg, and Pascual Jordan.

#6

The German scientists who won the Nobel Prize in the 1920s and 1930s were mainly Jewish. They had roots in German society, and they were confident of its stability. They did not consider their Jewish background to be racial, but rather religious.

#7

There was apparently a degree to which prejudice worked as an incentive to success for outstanding talent in Germany. The obstacles that anti-Semitism put in their way often had the opposite effect: it spurred Jews on to over-achievement.

#8

Otto Warburg, a biochemist, was the only Jewish scientist in Germany left unscathed during the Second World War. He had the dubious distinction of being the only Jewish scientist in Germany.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The First World War ended suddenly in 1918, and Germany’s defeat seemed inconceivable to its people. The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with the new Soviet Russia sealed Germany’s victory on the Eastern front. The Weimar Republic was established in 1919, but was never popular with its people or abroad.

#2

After 1923, Germany experienced six years of relative political and economic stability. In the 1930 election, Hitler’s National Socialist Party won 18 percent of the vote with 6 million votes. A succession of further elections, intended to create a stable government, had the opposite effect.

#3

Hitler’s appeal to German youth was that he would erase the past generation’s failures and inspire them with new ideals. The Nazi movement’s calls to restore traditional values to education appealed to the conservative academic establishment.

#4

The two pillars of the German state, the army and industrial magnates, were trusted to control the Nazi government as they had controlled others in the past. They seemed inconceivable that the army itself would surrender its independence in exchange for rearmament.

#5

The Nazis’ anti-Semitic program was put into action immediately. Hitler’s anti-Semitism was initially underestimated. It was widely believed that the Jews were the main prop of communism and the authors of defeatist doctrines in every form.

#6

Hitler was an aggressive paranoiac, and his hatred could focus on anybody or anything. In 1933, the Nazis organized widespread anti-Jewish demonstrations, and Jewish businesses were daubed with Nazi slogans and guarded by stormtroopers who prevented anyone from entering.

#7

The first consolidated Nazi initiative against the Jewish community was passed in April 1933, less than three months after Hitler became Chancellor. The new law for the reconstruction of the civil service allowed political appointees since 1918 to work in any branch of the civil service, with the exception of those who had served in the German army or lost a close relative during World War I.

#8

The Nazi regime had a very negative impact on the lives of scientists in Germany. Many of them were forced to resign or were dismissed, and they could not emigrate because of their Jewishness.

#9

The display of anti-reason dismayed many in Germany and abroad, convincing doubters of how life would be under the Nazis. The fragmented working-class movement which was Hitler’s strongest opposition was quickly wiped out.