Certificate of an honorary doctorate from the <orgName ref="http://d-nb.info/gnd/35534-3">University of <placeName ref="http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7005289">Hamburg</placeName></orgName> for <persName ref="http://d-nb.info/gnd/118509284">Walter Arthur Berendsohn</persName>, <placeName ref="http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7005289">Hamburg</placeName>, <date when="1982-10-05">October 5, 1982</date> Erwin Fink

As a late act of reparation and in recognition of his academic achievements, Walter Arthur Berendsohn received an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Hamburg in 1982 at a very advanced age. This step represented a symbolic act of reparation for the injustice he had suffered under National Socialism and the lack of recognition of his academic achievements by the post-war university, which had made it impossible for him to return to Germany.

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Certificate of an honorary doctorate from the University of Hamburg for Walter Arthur Berendsohn, Hamburg, October 5, 1982, State Archive Hamburg 361-6 I 0121 Walter Berendsohn. With kind permission

jgo:source-291 Der Fall Walter A. Berendsohn. Fortsetzung der Ausgrenzung an der Universität Hamburgjgo:article-299Universität Hamburg. Fachbereich SprachwissenschaftenHamburgOctober 05, 1982Staatsarchiv HamburgStaatsarchiv Hamburg 361-6 IV 3202 Walter Berendsohn EnglishSource:Textdeu

UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG

The Department of Linguistics at the University of Hamburg confers upon

Professor Dr. Dr. Walter Arthur BERENDSOHN

who researched and taught at the University of Hamburg from 1920 to 1933,

who, even after his expulsion from Germany, continued to promote attention to and recognition of German literature as a university lecturer abroad,

who in particular founded, promoted, and effectively stimulated research into German émigré literature and thus became the internationally respected doyen of this field of research,

The title of

HONORARY DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DOCTOR PHILOSOPHIAE HONORIS CAUSA

In witness whereof this certificate is issued, affixed with the seal of the Department and signed by the Speaker.

Hamburg, October 5, 1982

(Professor Dr. Johannes Krogoll) Speaker of the Department

My most sincere congratulations to you.