| Description | 'I am writing to you on the advice of Miss E Simpson of the Society for Visiting Scientists.
I have been approached recently by two former colleagues from Germany in the following matter: The German "Bund" intends to do something for those university people who have lost their positions with the advent of Hitler and who have not acquired any "pension rights" outside Germany. They intend to make them "Auslands-Professoren" and give them some kind of salary. One person who approached me mentioned that this would apply only to those who had had no official position before as those with an official job would now have a right to draw on a pension; while the other person mentioned that it would include all. Both asked me for lists of people who would be obliged.
I am not very hopeful that anything will ever come of it, but nevertheless one should not give them the excuse that they did not know the names. Could you tell me where one could get a complete list of all those eligible? The matter is of course complicated by the fact that there will hardly exist anyone who has "no pension rights" at all. The superannuation, however, would hardly be sufficient for anyone who came over after, say the age of 30 or 40 years to keep him alive after retirement; while the German professor is "emeritiert" and draws his last salary until his death (at the present moment I understand this amounts to about £1000 - £12000 p.a.)
As I have not been approached officially in this matter, this information is so far confidential. I would be very grateful to you if you could tell me from where I could get an up to date list of those who might benefit from this move of the German "Bund". ' |