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It certainly didn't help that they killed all the academics and free-thinkers.

Quote? I'm vague on what went on in Germany in the first half of the century.

In 1933, the Nazi regime passed a law[1] banning anyone they considered Jewish from holding any civil service job, including positions at universities. A large proportion of German academia was considered Jewish.

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_for_the_Restoration_of_the...

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