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.
Draft of a statement from the University of Hamburg to the higher education authorities on a possible career path for Walter A. Arthur Berendsohn, February 27, 1956 (translated by Erwin Fink), edited in: Key Documents of German-Jewish History, <https://keydocuments.net/source/jgo:source-290> [October 30, 2025].
