How Did Germany's Universities React to the Nazi System

question 14

Multiple Choice

How did Germany's universities react to the Nazi system?

• A) Germany's long and powerful academic tradition created a habit of independent, critical thinking that dominated academia and vigorously opposed the Nazis.
• B) For generations, German universities promoted extreme nationalism, opposed liberalism, andsupported "irrational political Romanticism" and hero worship. A majority of professors and student found their hero in Hitler.
• C) Germany's universities were focused on the physical sciences and technology (especially since the Second Industrial Revolution) and, thus, were neutral about the highly politicized Nazi system.
• D) As part of the policy of coordination, massive purges removed a majority of university professors. Universities, therefore, supported the Nazis.
• E) After initial uncertainties, most German universities adopted a policy of passive resistance.

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