The Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars helped researchers fleeing persecution find positions in American institutions. The discussion connects that migration to the development of American science.
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51:31topic 1933 to 1945 emergency committee for displaced foreign scholars very important yes this is where um Europe is going through Yes, >> especially Germany, the German scholars, the German scientists are going through it because the Nazis are taking over and it's just a horrible time. Okay, among other things, this is a committee that was formed by um Congress to facilitate the migration of over 300 elite European scientists to universities in America. And I wanted to highlight this because it's really a model for subsequent American innovation. This is where we
52:13start getting the brightest minds from all over the world and we're like, "All right, just come here. >> Bring them here. >> Do your thing." >> In the Oppenheimer episode, uh, one of the people in our rankings was trying to get out as a Jewish scientist in Germany at the time. And there was some facilitation by way of the Nobel Committee to help. This was uh this was if I may just say this was Enrio Fairmy. His wife was Jewish and so he just wanted to get out of Italy and the Nobel committee was like look you're going to get the prize. >> Let's do it this year. >> You have an excuse to come to Stockholm >> and then you just get on a boat >> get and get out of here >> and get out of here.
52:53>> So this is the first time that the guy when he was going for the Nobel Prize he's like packing all his [ __ ] >> like like and and people were like are you going to are you moving? It's like, "Yeah, I'm just moving those over over there. Never to be seen again." >> Exactly.