The case of Walter A. Berendsohn, founder of the study of German Exilliteratur (German exile literature), points to the reservations that existed at the university and in the city regarding the re-employment of academics expelled by the National Socialists.
Letter from the Personnel Office to Walter A. Arthur Berendsohn regarding his claim for restitution, October 23, 1947 (translated by Erwin Fink), edited in: Key Documents of German-Jewish History, <https://keydocuments.net/source/jgo:source-286> [October 28, 2025].
