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.
Certificate of an honorary doctorate from the University of Hamburg for Walter Arthur Berendsohn, Hamburg, October 5, 1982 (translated by Erwin Fink), edited in: Key Documents of German-Jewish History, <https://keydocuments.net/source/jgo:source-291> [October 29, 2025].
