The Fuehrer at the University of Jews
Why he was invited to a Jewish educational institution remains a mystery.
The pro-Nazi academic Martin Heidegger at the ceremonial procession for the opening of the winter semester 1933/34 at Freiburg University. [Representative Image]
Fiction28/Dec/2020
It was the winter of 1934 or may be the summer of 1936 â the year doesnât really matter as time and seasons are only a trivial premise of civilisation â when the Fuehrer was invited to the celebrations of the establishment of the Hebrew Jewish University.
Why he was invited to a Jewish educational institution remains a mystery. He, after all, had abhorred the Jews all his childhood and adult life. Maybe he hated Jews even as a foetus. The air was pregnant with rumours; some believed he was invited because the rector of the university wanted to be in the Fuehrerâs good books while others thought that he was insistent that he be invited and no one dare refuse the Fuehrer.