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.
Correspondence between Walter A. Arthur Berendsohn and the Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Hamburg , turn of the year 1954 / 55 . (translated by Erwin Fink), edited in: Key Documents of German-Jewish History, <https://keydocuments.net/source/jgo:source-289> [October 26, 2025].
