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SINCE the recent incorporation of Austria into Germany, little precise knowledge has been available as to the result of the change upon the position of some distinguished Austrian men of science. Upon inquiry we are informed that Prof. E. Schroödinger will continue to occupy the chair of theoretical physics in the University of Graz. The Tagespost, Graz, of March 30, publishes a letter from Prof. Schrödinger to the Senate of the University, in which he explains that he has not hitherto taken the active part expected of him in the National Socialist movement but is now glad to be reconciled to it. The last paragraph of his letter reads as follows: "Well-wishing friends who overestimate my importance consider it right that the repentant confession which I made to them should be made in public. I too belong to those who seize the outstretched hand of peace, because, sitting at my writing-desk, I have misjudged up to the last the real will and the true destiny of my land. I make this confession readily and joyfully. I believe it is spoken out of the hearts of many, and I hope in doing this to serve my country."
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Prof. E. Schrödinger and the University of Gtaz. Nature 141, 929 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141929c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/141929c0