Bekenntnis der Professoren an den Universitäten und Hochschulen zu Adolf Hitler und dem nationalsozialistischen Staat officially translated into English as the Vow of allegiance of the Professors of the German Universities and High-Schools to Adolf Hitler and the National Socialistic State was a document presented on 11 November 1933 at the Albert Hall in Leipzig. It had statements in German, English, Italian, and Spanish by selected German academics and included an appendix of signatories. The purge to remove academics and civil servants with Jewish ancestry began with a law being passed on 7 April 1933. This document was signed by those that remained in support of Nazi Germany.

Martin Heidegger in his inaugural lecture in May 1933 as ''Rektor'', and who was later in October appointed "Führer of the university", said (translated):

Vow of allegiance of the Professors of the German Universities and High-Schools to Adolf Hitler and the National Socialistic State

"The much celebrated "academic freedom" is being banished from the German university; for this freedom was not genuine, since it was only negative. It meant primarily freedom from concern, arbitrariness of intentions and inclinations, lack of restraint in what was done and left undone. The concept of freedom of the German is now brought back to its truth".

Vow of allegiance of the Professors of the German Universities and High-Schools to Adolf Hitler and the National Socialistic State

List of institutions

The academics of the following institutions were included as signatories: Deutsche Hochschule für Leibesübungen, Berlin-Charlottenburg Hochschule für Lehrerbildung, Bonn Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Hamburgische Universität Hochschule für Lehrerbildung, Kiel Veterinärmedizinische Fakultät Leipzig Pädagogisches Institut Leipzig Universität Marburg Pädagogisches Institut Rostock Bergakademie Clausthal Technische Hochschule Danzig Technische Hochschule Dresden Pädagogisches Institut, Dresden Bergakademie Freiberg i. Sa. Technische Hochschule Hannover Handelshochschule Berlin Handels-Hochschule Leipzig Hindenburg-Hochschule Nürnberg Landwirtschaftliche Hochschule Bonn-Poppelsdorf Forstliche Hochschule Eberswalde Technische Hochschule Dresden (Forstliche Hochschule Tharandt) Forstliche Hochschule Hann. Münden Bischöfliche Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule Eichstätt i. B. Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule Passau Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule Regensburg Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule Dillingen

Vow of allegiance of the Professors of the German Universities and High-Schools to Adolf Hitler and the National Socialistic State

Signatories

There were nearly 900 signatories to the document including the following professors and academics apart from some independent scholars.

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Karl von der Aa (Leipzig ), Narziß Ach (Göttingen psychologist), Eberhard Ackerknecht (Leipzig veterinarian), Gustav Aeckerlein (Freiberg physicist), Friedrich Ahlfeld (Marburg geologist), Karl Albrecht (Pädagoge) (Hamburg), Karl Alnor (Kiel), Hermann Altrock (Leipzig sports trainer), Friedrich Alverdes (Marburg zoologist), Georg Anschütz (Hamburg psychologist), Christian Aretz (Bonn scientist), Emil Artin (Hamburg mathematician), Richard Augst (Dresden)