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.
Rejection of further guest lectures of Walter Arthur Berendsohn by the Faculty of Arts at the University of Hamburg, May 20, 1950 (translated by Erwin Fink), edited in: Key Documents of German-Jewish History, <https://keydocuments.net/source/jgo:source-287> [October 26, 2025].
