TY - BOOK AU - Siegmund-Schultze,R. TI - Mathematicians fleeing from Nazi Germany: individual fates and global impact SN - 9780691125930 AV - QA27 S53 M 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - Princeton PB - Princeton University Press KW - Mathematicians KW - Germany KW - History KW - 20th century KW - United States KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Refugees KW - Germans KW - Immigrants KW - Mathematics KW - Emigration and immigration KW - 1933-1945 N1 - Originally published in German in 1998. This English edition contains new material not found in the original, as well as an updated bibliography; The terms "German-speaking mathematician," "forced," and "voluntary emigration" -- The notion of "mathematician" plus quantitative figures on persecution -- Early emigration -- Pretexts, forms, and the extent of emigration and persecution -- Obstacles to emigration out of Germany after 1933, failed escape, and death -- Alternative (non-American) host countries -- Diminishing ties with Germany and self-image of the refugees -- The American reaction to immigration : help and xenophobia -- Acculturation, political adaptation, and the American entrance into the war -- The impact of immigration on American mathematics -- Epilogue : the postwar relationship of German and American mathematicians; YT2025 M08 ER -