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AUC HISTORIA UNIVERSITATIS CAROLINAE PRAGENSIS, Vol 58 No 1 (2018), 171–182
Otázka návratu několika fyziků německé národnosti do Československa po druhé světové válce
[The Issue of Return of Several Physicists of German Nationality into Czechoslovakia After the Second World War]
Emilie Těšínská
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14712/23365730.2018.29
published online: 06. 09. 2018
abstract
This contribution presents and briefly comments upon several period documents which bring up and discuss the issue of possible return to Czechoslovakia of several physicists of German nationality, namely Philipp Frank, Reinhold Fürth, Georg Placzek, Marcel Schein, and Kurt Sitte. These documents also deal with the issue of their potential position at post-war Czechoslovak universities and possibility of lecturing.
keywords: physicists; German scientists; Second World War; Philipp Frank; Reinhold Fürth; Georg Placzek; Marcel Schein; Kurt Sitte
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